Wennington reveals itself through the quiet persistence of stone and the patient arc of the surrounding valley. It lies 3.2 miles west of High Bentham (from High Bentham: bearing 279°T, OS grid SD 617 700), and is situated east-south-east of Melling village. The morning light often lingers upon Wennington Green, where the grass holds a silvered dew that mirrors the shifting clouds above the Lancashire horizon. To the east, the River Wenning carves a serpentine path through the landscape, its waters carrying the cool, rhythmic pulse of the uplands toward the sea. The earth here bears the marks of former industry, specifically the remnants of Clintsfield Colliery, which now surrendered to the encroaching ferns and the slow, deliberate work of seasonal weathering. This terrain remains defined by the intersection of ancient pastoral rhythms and the hard, subterranean legacy of coal extraction. Wennington stands as a testament to the endurance of the North West, where the sharp air carries the scent of damp earth and distant, untamed moorland. Every limestone wall and fence line suggests a long conversation between the inhabitants and the stubborn, beautiful geology of the district.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wennington, 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 Wennington includes coordinates 54.124865, -2.587052, 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 Wennington is available on the Wennington 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.