Roughlee, Lancashire Weather
About Roughlee, Lancashire
Roughlee draws its character from the stark, weathered limestone of the Pendle landscape that defines the horizon. It lies 1.0 miles west-north-west of Barrowford (from Barrowford: bearing 295°T, OS grid SD 844 403). Pendle Water carves a restless, crystalline path through the valley floor, its movement providing a perpetual soundtrack to the quiet lanes. A striking bronze statue of Alice Nutter stands sentinel near the roadside, a modern anchor for the folklore that clings to these hills like morning mist. The light here often feels thin and sharp, catching the edges of drystone walls that partition the fields into a complex, geometric puzzle. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the land rises toward the brooding silhouette of Brown Hill, where the heather darkens under shifting cloud shadows. Roughlee maintains a solitude that feels earned, reflecting a history shaped by the isolation of the surrounding moorland and the persistence of the textile trade. Each season brings a different temperament to the valley, turning the air from the biting cold of winter to the sudden, vivid greens of a Pendle spring.
Flight conditions near Roughlee. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Roughlee and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Roughlee, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roughlee, 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 Roughlee includes coordinates 53.859189, -2.238498, 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 Roughlee is available on the Roughlee 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.