Shaw Green, Lancashire Weather
About Shaw Green, Lancashire
Shaw Green maintains a quiet presence amidst the verdant Lancashire plains, where the horizon broadens under an expansive, shifting sky. It lies 1.9 miles south-south-west of Leyland (from Leyland: bearing 204°T, OS grid SD 528 188), and is situated east-north-east of Ulnes Walton village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate hydrology, marked most notably by the gentle passage of Culbeck Brook as it meanders southward to drain the heavy clay soils. Near to the historic, water-bound earthworks of the Bradley Hall moated site, the terrain retains a sense of ancient enclosure that predates modern agricultural boundaries. The light in Shaw Green often catches the damp, low-lying fields, casting long, sharp silhouettes that emphasise the flatness of the surrounding meadows. Residents here observe the changing seasons through the subtle colour shifts of the hedgerows, which provide a verdant shelter for local birdlife throughout the wetter months. Despite the encroaching industrial legacies of the wider district, Shaw Green preserves an atmosphere of persistent, unbothered calm. This singular corner of the Chorley district remains a place where the water’s edge and the open field dictate the pace of the day.
Flight conditions near Shaw Green. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Shaw Green and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shaw Green, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shaw Green, 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 Green includes coordinates 53.664061, -2.714531, 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 Green is available on the Shaw Green 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.