Shaw Clough, Lancashire Weather
About Shaw Clough, Lancashire
Shaw Clough commands a rugged portion of the Rossendale Valley, where the steep hillsides meet the persistent, grey-stoned legacy of Lancashire’s industrial past. It lies 1.8 miles west of Bacup (from Bacup: bearing 274°T, OS grid SD 839 232), and is situated north-north-east of Cowpe village. The sharp, cold rush of Shaw Clough Brook carves a path through the lower reaches, its waters reflecting the bruised purple skies that often hang over the high moorland. Above the rooftops, the slopes of Acre Hill rise with a silent, imposing gravity, reminding those below of the earth’s ancient, unyielding bones. Industrial masonry remains scattered across the landscape, marking where the hum of machinery once competed with the whistling wind. The light here has a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of the stone walls and casting long, melancholic shadows as the sun retreats behind the peaks. Shaw Clough retains a quiet resilience, existing in the space between the echoes of heavy labour and the encroaching wildness of the northern hills.
Flight conditions near Shaw Clough. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Shaw Clough and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shaw Clough, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shaw Clough, 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 Shaw Clough includes coordinates 53.705196, -2.244033, 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 Shaw Clough is available on the Shaw Clough 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.