Rake Head, Lancashire Weather
About Rake Head, Lancashire
Rake Head commands a rugged vantage point where the high, Pennine shoulders of Rossendale tighten against the sky. It lies 1.7 miles south-west of Bacup (from Bacup: bearing 235°T, OS grid SD 845 214), and is situated east-north-east of Cowpe village. Stone-built dwellings of dark, local gritstone hold the heat of the day, their architecture mirroring the austere persistence of the surrounding moorland. To the north-west, the deep, shadowed cleft of Siss Clough draws the eye, its steep banks carved by water through centuries of unrelenting rain. The horizon feels vast and unsparing, yet the proximity of Cowpe Reservoir adds a reflective, silver stillness to the lower contours of the landscape. Rake Head retains a quiet, industrial gravity, a lingering echo of the looms and spinning frames that once defined the rhythm of these hills. Clouds drift heavily over the heights, casting transient indigo shadows that sharpen the edges of the drystone walls. Life here remains tethered to the earth, defined by the bracing air and the sharp, clean light that follows a sudden Lancashire storm.
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About This Rake Head, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rake Head, 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 Rake Head includes coordinates 53.689205, -2.235627, 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 Rake Head is available on the Rake Head 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.