Knotts occupies a quiet fold of the Ribble Valley where the land rises in modest, grassy swells toward the open sky. It lies 6.9 miles south-south-west of Settle (from Settle: bearing 207°T, OS grid SD 768 536), and is situated north-north-west of Bolton-by-Bowland village. The horizon to the west is dominated by the blunt, rising profile of Knotts Hill, which catches the first amber light of dawn before it spills into the hollows below. Rainwater drains through the earth here to feed the steady, hidden progress of Walkers Clough, a small valley that carves a verdant line through the local topography. The character of Knotts is defined by this elemental geometry, where the weight of the limestone bedrock shapes the flow of every stream and the path of every ancient stone wall. Fields of rough pasture stretch toward the horizon, reflecting the changing moods of a northern climate that can shift from brilliant clarity to a soft, grey shroud in a single afternoon. Knotts remains a place of singular endurance, defined by the slow, seasonal pulse of agriculture and the unceasing movement of wind across the high, rugged ground.
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Live animated radar for Knotts and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Knotts, 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 Knotts includes coordinates 53.978206, -2.354981, 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 Knotts is available on the Knotts 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.