Slaidburn, Lancashire Weather
About Slaidburn, Lancashire
Slaidburn holds the ancient quiet of the Forest of Bowland, where the limestone hills meet the persistent grey of the northern sky. It lies 6.7 miles north-north-west of Clitheroe (from Clitheroe: bearing 341°T, OS grid SD 711 524), and is situated north-east of Newton village. The stone architecture of Slaidburn reflects a deliberate endurance, its dwellings anchored against the wind that descends from the high, unforgiving slopes of Knott Hill. A stillness governs the village green, broken only by the sharp, metallic clarity of a distant farm gate or the turning of a season. Beyond the perimeter, the Bell Sykes Meadows Sssi sustain a fragile, historic diversity of grasses that have escaped the reach of modern intensive agriculture. The water of the nearby rivers carries a cold, dark urgency, carving paths through the bedrock that define the local geography more surely than any boundary line. Here, the light does not merely fall; it clarifies the edges of every wall and path, revealing the stark, honest beauty of a landscape that asks for nothing from the traveler. Slaidburn remains a place where the rhythm of the day is measured by the shifting shadows upon the stone, rather than the relentless clock of the wider world.
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About This Slaidburn, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slaidburn, 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 Slaidburn includes coordinates 53.966866, -2.44081, 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 Slaidburn is available on the Slaidburn 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.