Hundred End emerges from the flat, salt-licked plains of West Lancashire as a quiet anchor against the expansive horizon of the Ribble Estuary. It lies 4.4 miles south of Freckleton (from Freckleton: bearing 189°T, OS grid SD 418 220), and is situated west-south-west of Becconsall village. The character of Hundred End is defined by the rigorous geometry of reclaimed land, where the sky claims a vast majority of the perspective and light moves unimpeded across the fields. To the west, the Banks Enclosed Marsh stretches out in a mosaic of silt and hardy grasses, acting as a buffer against the persistent, cooling breath of the Irish Sea. The slow, deliberate pulse of the nearby Dunkirk Dib serves as a reminder of the complex drainage networks that have long dictated the rhythm of local agriculture. Here, the soil holds a dark, alluvial weight, and the wind carries the faint, sharp tang of brine that marks the transition between solid earth and tidal water. Life in Hundred End remains tethered to these shifting boundaries, where the horizon never feels quite static, and the horizon line is a thin, grey thread dividing the clouds from the earth.
Flight conditions near Hundred End. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hundred End and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hundred End, 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 Hundred End includes coordinates 53.691978, -2.881816, 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 Hundred End is available on the Hundred End 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.