Saltcotes, Lancashire Weather
About Saltcotes, Lancashire
Saltcotes draws its character from the flat, expansive horizon where the salt-heavy air of the Irish Sea meets the reclaimed silts of the Fylde. It lies 3.3 miles west of Freckleton (from Freckleton: bearing 260°T, OS grid SD 377 281), and is situated south-south-west of Moss Side village. The land here remains stubbornly horizontal, defined by the quiet persistence of drainage ditches and the low, grey light that shifts across the fields before dissolving into the mist. To the west, the cooling presence of the Lytham Coastal Changes SSSI offers a stark reminder of the tides that have long dictated the rhythm of this shoreline. Saltcotes exists in the periphery of these shifting sands, maintaining a composure that ignores the bustle of the nearby tourist tracks. A short distance away, the silhouette of the Lytham Windmill stands as a solitary sentinel against the sky, marking the transition between the quiet agricultural plots and the encroaching tide. The wind moves through the tall grasses with a dry, persistent rattle, carrying the scent of brine further inland than one might expect. Such stillness gives the landscape a sense of unfinished business, as if the earth were still waiting for the sea to decide whether to advance or retreat.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Saltcotes, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Saltcotes, 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 Saltcotes includes coordinates 53.745773, -2.945583, 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 Saltcotes is available on the Saltcotes 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.