Lea, Lancashire Weather
About Lea, Lancashire
Lea stretches across the verdant western fringes of Preston, defined by its flat, low-lying pastures and the steady encroachment of modern residential expansion. It lies 2.5 miles south-west of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 230°T, OS grid SD 500 304), and is situated south of Cottam village. The air here holds a distinct, saline crispness, carried inland from the Ribble estuary to brush against the quiet lanes. Savick Brook meanders purposefully toward the river, its waters carving a silver line through the silt-heavy earth that once supported extensive agricultural labour. Where the landscape dips toward the water’s edge, the Bull Nose creates a marshy sanctuary for wildfowl, offering a wilder contrast to the neat suburban gardens that border the historic thoroughfares. Lea retains a sense of quiet industry, a legacy of its proximity to the shifting currents of the river and the arterial routes that have long connected this land to the wider world. The light in the late afternoon often catches the damp, dark soil of the fields, lending a sudden, fleeting brilliance to the horizon. Even as the pace of life quickens, Lea preserves the stoic character of a place accustomed to the patient, rhythmic cycles of the tide.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lea, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lea, 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 Lea includes coordinates 53.768057, -2.759535, 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 Lea is available on the Lea 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.