Acres maintains a quiet, unassuming presence within the rolling industrial topography of the Oldham district. It lies 1.4 miles east-north-east of Middleton (from Middleton: bearing 67°T, OS grid SD 891 068), and is situated west-south-west of Healds Green village. The land here slopes with a subtle, insistent gravity toward the River Irk, where the water catches the grey light of a Manchester afternoon. To the southeast, the open grounds of Chadderton Hall Park offer a stark relief against the surrounding masonry and persistent infrastructure. Acres remains defined by this proximity to moving water and the remnants of a landscape once shaped by the steady, rhythmic demands of local industry. A sense of solitude persists in the narrow lanes, where the damp air carries the faint, metallic scent of the nearby brooks. Even as the modern world encroaches, the horizon remains punctuated by the distant, rising silhouettes of Cinder Hill. Acres persists as a fragment of the North West, where the sky feels vast and indifferent above the modest rooftops.
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Live animated radar for Acres and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Acres, Manchester, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Acres includes coordinates 53.558337, -2.16579, in the county of Manchester, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Acres is available on the Acres map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Manchester 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.