Southward Bottom, Lancashire Weather
About Southward Bottom, Lancashire
Southward Bottom reveals a rugged terrain where the Pennine fringes soften into the valley floor. It lies 2.7 miles south-east of Burnley (from Burnley: bearing 135°T, OS grid SD 870 293), and is situated south-east of Cliviger village. Dark, peaty water runs through the nearby Black Clough, carving a path through the gritstone that defines the geology of this Lancashire edge. The wind carries a sharp, clean chill across the slopes, reminding those who walk here that the moorland is never truly distant. To the east, the rising silhouette of Robin Cross Hill anchors the horizon, standing against the shifting, pale light of the North West. Southward Bottom maintains a quiet independence, far from the insistent hum of the larger industrial centres. Above the valley, the rusted iron of the Singing Ringing Tree catches the breeze, turning the invisible currents of the air into a strange, metallic song that drifts over the fields. The land here holds the memory of old, vanished labour, where the earth was once probed for the riches hidden beneath the surface.
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About This Southward Bottom, Lancashire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southward Bottom, 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 Southward Bottom includes coordinates 53.760458, -2.198318, 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 Southward Bottom is available on the Southward Bottom 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.