Salwick, Lancashire Weather
About Salwick, Lancashire
Salwick reveals itself through a low-slung horizon where the Lancashire sky presses firmly against the damp, fertile fields. It lies 2.2 miles east of Kirkham (from Kirkham: bearing 94°T, OS grid SD 463 318), and is situated west-north-west of Lea Town village. The terrain here holds a quiet, heavy stillness, shaped by the slow, deliberate passage of water through the surrounding flatlands. To the southeast, the modest currents of Deepdale Brook carve a silver thread through the earth, feeding the moisture that clings to the air. Beyond these fields, the expansive, reed-choked reaches of Lea Marsh stretch toward the horizon, offering a sanctuary for birds that wheel above the grey, winter-hardened soil. Salwick maintains a steady, industrial pulse, marked by the presence of the nuclear fuel facility that punctuates the skyline with its distinct, utilitarian architecture. This contrast between the ancient, sodden pastures and the stark geometry of modern engineering gives the landscape a peculiar, haunting depth. One finds that the light in Salwick possesses a sharp, clinical clarity, reflecting off the metal structures and illuminating the tall grasses that shiver in the prevailing westerly winds.
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Live animated radar for Salwick and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Salwick, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salwick, 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 Salwick includes coordinates 53.780195, -2.81639, 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 Salwick is available on the Salwick 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.