Pleasington, Lancashire Weather
About Pleasington, Lancashire
Pleasington emerges from the Lancashire landscape as a cluster of sandstone dwellings that catch the low, slanted light of the northern sun. It lies 2.8 miles west-south-west of Blackburn (from Blackburn: bearing 247°T, OS grid SD 642 265), and is situated east of Hoghton village. The local terrain rises toward the rugged elevations of Hunter’s Hill, where the horizon broadens to reveal a vast, shifting expanse of sky. Below these slopes, the earth holds the remnants of eighteenth-century industry at the Pleasington Alum Works, where the quiet ruins are now softened by moss and encroaching wild grasses. A short distance away, the waters of the River Roddlesworth carve a persistent path through the soil, their movement providing a constant, low-frequency hum against the stillness of the fields. The architecture of the priory church dominates the local skyline with its sharp, limestone spire, grounding the village in a tradition of heavy, deliberate masonry. Residents walk along paths that have been worn smooth by generations of passage, tracing routes that bypass the modern haste of the nearby industrial corridors. Pleasington remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, marked by the changing colours of the surrounding woods and the persistent, damp freshness of the Lancashire air.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Pleasington, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pleasington, 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 Pleasington includes coordinates 53.734456, -2.543608, 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 Pleasington is available on the Pleasington 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.