Weld Bank emerges from the southern periphery of Lancashire as a quiet junction of stone-walled lanes and historical passage. It lies 1.0 miles south of Chorley (from Chorley: bearing 180°T, OS grid SD 582 161), and is situated north-west of Heath Charnock village. The light here often catches the grey masonry of older dwellings, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor Weld Bank to the damp, cooling earth. To the west, the Yarrow Valley Country Park draws the eye toward the rhythmic, low-lying currents of the river, where the air grows heavy with the scent of wet silt and alder. Eastward, the rising silhouette of Shude Hill breaks the horizon, a firm reminder of the rugged terrain that defines this corner of the North West. The local architecture carries a muted, functional history, reflecting the steady industry that once pulsed through these transit routes. Even as modern traffic hums along the nearby arteries, the landscape maintains a certain stillness, defined by the persistence of its limestone boundaries and the watchful presence of the surrounding hills. Time in Weld Bank moves with the deliberate weight of a pendulum, indifferent to the encroaching sprawl of its northern neighbour.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Weld Bank, 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 Weld Bank includes coordinates 53.640154, -2.632707, 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 Weld Bank is available on the Weld Bank 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.