Longridge, Lancashire Weather
About Longridge, Lancashire
Longridge commands the high ground of the Ribble Valley, where the horizon broadens into a vast, wind-swept panorama of the Lancashire fells. It lies 5.3 miles east-north-east of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 58°T, OS grid SD 603 374), and is situated east-north-east of Whittingham village. The earth here, scarred by the legacy of stone quarrying, once provided the grit that paved the growing cities of the industrial north. Today, the local economy breathes through independent shops and small-scale manufacturing, reflecting a resilience forged in the shadow of the nearby Alston Reservoir Number 2. The morning light catches the steep incline of the streets, revealing a geography shaped by heavy labour and the relentless pull of the moorland air.
Towneley Gardens offers a quiet sanctuary where the stillness is broken only by the rustle of leaves against the stone. Residents gather near the Millennium Stone Cross, a mark upon the earth that anchors the identity of the place to the passage of cycles and seasons. The spirit of the locale is kept alive by the Longridge Field Day, an annual tradition that draws the people together under the wide, unencumbered sky. While the quietude of the surroundings near the reservoirs suggests a place apart, the presence of the town suggests a stubborn permanence. It is a place where the weight of the past sits lightly, yet firmly, upon the shoulders of those who walk its pavements.
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About This Longridge, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longridge, 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 Longridge includes coordinates 53.83169, -2.603486, 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 Longridge is available on the Longridge 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.