Siss Clough, Lancashire Weather
About Siss Clough, Lancashire
Siss Clough marks a rugged transition where the grit of Lancashire’s industrial past meets the unyielding steepness of the Pennine foothills. It lies 1.8 miles east of Rawtenstall (from Rawtenstall: bearing 99°T, OS grid SD 839 222), and is situated north-north-east of Cowpe village. Rough stone walls climb the slopes here, carving the incline into ragged parcels of earth that have long surrendered to the persistence of moss and high-altitude grass. Below the ridge, the namesake Siss Clough carves a deep, shadow-filled vein into the hillside, funnelling rain towards the valley floor with a cold, insistent urgency. Edgeside Park provides a rare, level reprieve at the lower reaches, offering a manicured contrast to the wild, unkempt majesty of the rising moors. The quality of light in Siss Clough possesses a peculiar, metallic clarity, often catching the grey slate of the remaining buildings until they seem to glow like smouldering embers against the darkening sky. Silence dominates the higher altitudes, broken only by the wind whistling through wire fences or the distant, muffled tumble of water. Siss Clough remains a place where the landscape asserts its primacy, indifferent to the shifting fortunes of the mills and men who once sought to tame it.
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About This Siss Clough, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Siss 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 Siss Clough includes coordinates 53.69672, -2.243954, 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 Siss Clough is available on the Siss 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.