Knowley, Lancashire Weather
About Knowley, Lancashire
Knowley occupies a quiet corner of the Lancashire landscape where the horizon softens into the gentle, rolling contours of the West Pennine Moors. It lies 1.2 miles north-east of Chorley (from Chorley: bearing 50°T, OS grid SD 598 189), and is situated south-south-east of Johnson's Hillock village. The sunlight here often catches the lingering moisture of the morning, casting a pale, silver sheen over the fields that define the eastern edges of Astley Park. Knowley maintains a modest, unassuming character, its topography shaped by the slow, persistent work of water carving through the underlying gritstone. To the east, the stillness of the Heapey Reservoirs acts as a mirror for the shifting clouds, providing a calm counterpoint to the more industrious bustle of the nearby market town. The wind carries a faint, cool dampness from these open waters, rustling through the hedgerows that border the narrow lanes. Residents of Knowley often observe the seasonal rise and fall of the local brooks, a rhythmic pulse that has marked the passage of time far longer than the modern roads that now skirt its perimeter. It remains a place of quiet observation, where the land holds its history in the quiet geometry of its stone walls and the sprawling, verdant reach of its outer woods.
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About This Knowley, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Knowley, 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 Knowley includes coordinates 53.665908, -2.609695, 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 Knowley is available on the Knowley 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.