Irwell Vale, Lancashire Weather
About Irwell Vale, Lancashire
Irwell Vale emerges from the damp, resonant floor of the Rossendale valley, where the heavy Lancashire sky often pulls low against the gables of its stone-built cottages. It lies 1.9 miles south-south-east of Haslingden (from Haslingden: bearing 169°T, OS grid SD 791 202), and is situated south-south-west of Ewood Bridge village. The valley floor here feels compressed by the steep, watchful embankments of Kenyon Clough, which funnel the cooling evening mist directly through the narrow lanes of Irwell Vale. Industrial ghosts linger in the masonry, a quiet legacy of the textile looms that once hummed in rhythm with the flow of the local river. High above the rooftops, the landscape shifts into the protected wildness of Hodge Clough Sssi, where the earth holds onto a rare, unmanicured silence. This terrain demands a sturdy boot and an appreciation for the muted, slate-grey light that defines the northern horizon. Every wall and path reflects a singular, pragmatic beauty, born from the persistent labour of men who carved a home out of the stubborn, rain-washed moorland.
Flight conditions near Irwell Vale. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Irwell Vale and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Irwell Vale, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Irwell Vale, 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 Irwell Vale includes coordinates 53.678456, -2.316923, 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 Irwell Vale is available on the Irwell Vale 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.