Newtown emerges from the Lancashire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady, unobserved movement of water through the surrounding fields. It lies 2.5 miles south-west of Leyland (from Leyland: bearing 225°T, OS grid SD 512 187), and is situated north-west of Ulnes Walton village. The character of Newtown is shaped by the nearby Holker Brook, which traces a path of cooling silver through the low-lying meadows just to the north-east. Ancient earthworks remain in the vicinity, including the moated site of Ingrave Farm, where the soil holds the memory of medieval foundations beneath a thin veil of moss and grass. Sunlight catches the reeds of the watercourses here, casting a pale, shifting glow over the flat agricultural horizon that stretches toward the horizon. The rhythm of life in Newtown follows the changing seasons of the flatlands, where the wind carries the damp scent of the earth and the distant promise of the coast. Residents move with a deliberate pace, respecting the quietude of a geography that prioritises the slow progression of the seasons over the haste of modern transit. Newtown retains a modest, functional grace, offering a vantage point from which to observe the sky as it deepens into the bruised purples of a North West twilight.
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Live animated radar for Newtown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newtown, 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 Newtown includes coordinates 53.663257, -2.738777, 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 Newtown is available on the Newtown 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.