Pike Hill commands a rugged, elevated vantage point that looks out over the encroaching shadows of the Pennines. It lies 1.4 miles east of Burnley (from Burnley: bearing 91°T, OS grid SD 862 323), and is situated west of Worsthorne village. The residential streets of Pike Hill spill directly into the verdant expanse of Towneley Park, where the horizon is defined by the stark, enduring lines of old stone walls. To the north, the stillness of Rowley Lake reflects the grey, shifting light that often defines this corner of Lancashire. The ground here holds the memory of industrial toil, though the clatter of the loom has long been replaced by the quiet movement of wind across the high pastures. Further to the southeast, the River Brun carves a persistent path through the landscape, draining the surrounding moorland with a cold, rhythmic clarity. Pike Hill maintains a distinct, observant character, caught between the dense urban reach of the valley floor and the untamed solitude of the hills beyond.
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Live animated radar for Pike Hill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pike Hill, 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 Pike Hill includes coordinates 53.787159, -2.21004, 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 Pike Hill is available on the Pike Hill 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.