York maintains a quiet, unassuming presence amidst the rolling agricultural folds of the Ribble Valley. It lies 1.7 miles west-north-west of Great Harwood (from Great Harwood: bearing 301°T, OS grid SD 709 336), and is situated south-south-east of Langho village. The landscape surrounding York holds a particular clarity, where the pale northern light catches the rusted, solitary forms of the Tin men standing guard just a short distance away. Deep in the earth beneath these fields, the geology shifts into the strata that define the nearby Harper Clough and Smalley Delph Quarries, leaving the ground with a stony, ancient resilience. Water from the higher slopes gathers in the basin of the Dean Clough Reservoir, casting a silver reflection that darkens as the afternoon wanes. York remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, defined by the slow movement of clouds over the Ribble plains rather than the clamour of larger districts. The air here carries a crisp, mineral edge, sharpened by the proximity of high moorland winds that sweep across the valley floor. Visitors to York find a place where the passage of time is marked not by clocks, but by the lengthening shadows cast across the open, undisturbed horizon.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for York, 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 York includes coordinates 53.798569, -2.442823, 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 York is available on the York 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.