Higher Copthurst, Lancashire Weather
About Higher Copthurst, Lancashire
Higher Copthurst occupies a quiet ridge in the Chorley district where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity typical of the Lancashire uplands. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-east of Chorley (from Chorley: bearing 20°T, OS grid SD 595 210), and is situated north-east of Johnson's Hillock village. The land here rises to meet the sky, defined by the steady, rolling presence of South Hill which stands just a stone’s throw to the south-east. Below these slopes, the waters of Kenyon Brook trace a restless, winding path through the valley floor, carving deep into the earth. Higher Copthurst retains a modest, functional character, shaped by the hard-working history of the surrounding fields and the grit of local industry. Sunlight often catches the stone walls of the older dwellings, illuminating the rough texture of mortar and gritstone that has weathered decades of northern gales. These dwellings look out over a landscape that remains largely unchanged by the frantic pace of modern life, preferring the slow rotation of the seasons. The horizon is broad and unencumbered, offering a sense of scale that makes the modest houses appear both sturdy and fleeting. Such places remind one that the history of a region is written as much in the quiet maintenance of a boundary wall as in the grander narratives of the industrial age.
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About This Higher Copthurst, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Higher Copthurst, Lancashire, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Higher Copthurst includes coordinates 53.684454, -2.614339, in the county of Lancashire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Higher Copthurst is available on the Higher Copthurst map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lancashire weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.