Lytham, Lancashire Weather
About Lytham, Lancashire
Salt-sprayed air drifts inland from the Ribble Estuary, defining the character of Lytham as it gazes across the water toward the distant hills. It lies 3.1 miles east-south-east of Lytham St Anne's (from Lytham St Anne's: bearing 105°T, OS grid SD 369 275), and is situated south-south-west of Moss Side village. The iconic Lytham Windmill stands as a stoic sentinel against the horizon, its sails often catching a pale, translucent light that seems to bleach the colour from the sky. Beyond the promenade, the expansive grass of Lytham Green provides a verdant stage where the rhythmic pulse of the tides dictates the slow pace of the day. Pedestrians often linger near the Lowther Pavilion, where the architecture reflects a heritage tied deeply to the shifting fortunes of the coast. The soil here remains heavy and damp, a reminder of the proximity to the marshes that once dominated this low-lying stretch of the Fylde. Even in the quietest hours, the atmosphere carries the faint, bracing scent of brine, grounding the streets in their maritime reality. Visitors and residents alike find that the vast, open skies impart a sense of scale that renders the stone buildings beneath them strangely small and fragile.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lytham, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lytham, 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 Lytham includes coordinates 53.740607, -2.957641, 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 Lytham is available on the Lytham 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.