Out Rawcliffe reveals itself through a low-slung horizon where the sky presses against the flat, verdant fields of the Fylde. It lies 3.6 miles east of Thornton (from Thornton: bearing 86°T, OS grid SD 400 423), and is situated north of Larbreck village. The land here holds the damp memory of the sea, its heavy soil drained by the quiet, purposeful movement of Calder Brook as it winds through the south-western pastures. Older than the modern roads that cut through the Wyre district, Out Rawcliffe maintains a stillness that seems to absorb the passage of time like moss on a stone wall. The light in this corner of Lancashire possesses a translucent quality, often turning the distant reeds of Stanah Clough to shades of pale copper as the sun slips toward the Irish Sea. Local life remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and salt-marsh air across the open grazing lands. A solitary character defines the lanes, where hedge-rows grow thick and wild, shielding the secrets of a landscape that has long traded the noise of industry for the slow, persistent growth of the hedgerow. Even in the height of summer, the air retains a cool, sharp edge, reminding those who walk these paths that the tide is never truly far away.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Out Rawcliffe, 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 Out Rawcliffe includes coordinates 53.873711, -2.913196, 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 Out Rawcliffe is available on the Out Rawcliffe 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.