New Longton stretches across the low, fertile plains of South Ribble, where the Lancashire sky hangs wide and pale above the slate-roofed homes. It lies 3.0 miles south-west of Preston (from Preston: bearing 220°T, OS grid SD 508 258), and is situated west of White Stake village. The landscape here retains a quiet, agricultural memory, defined by flat fields that catch the slanted light of late afternoon in ribbons of shifting gold. To the north-east, the gentle, winding course of Fish House Brook draws a silver thread through the periphery, offering a cool respite from the heat of summer work. Residents of New Longton often walk the nearby paths toward the verdant expanse of Hurst Grange Park, where the mature timber stands in hushed, leafy clusters against the horizon. The soil here remains heavy and industrious, reflecting a heritage rooted in the steady toil of the rural North West. Domestic gardens bloom with a persistent, stubborn colour that defies the grey maritime mists drifting in from the Irish Sea. Every lane in New Longton holds the quiet authority of a place that has long balanced its proximity to the bustle of the city with the stillness of the open furrow.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Longton, 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 New Longton includes coordinates 53.726839, -2.746272, 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 New Longton is available on the New Longton 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.