Alt Hill, Manchester Weather
About Alt Hill, Manchester
Alt Hill commands a quiet prominence over the industrial topography of the Tameside district, where the heavy sky of the North West often meets the rugged horizon. It lies 1.6 miles west of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 260°T, OS grid SD 944 019), and is situated south-east of Park Bridge village. The elevation grants Alt Hill a particular clarity of light, which catches the stone walls and hardy hedgerows that define its boundaries. Below the hamlet, the land descends toward the verdant folds of Rabbit Clough, where the air grows damp and the silence of the valley offers a sharp contrast to the distant hum of Manchester. The entire locale rests within the Huddersfield Narrow Canal Sssi, a designation that speaks to the unexpected ecological richness hidden among the remnants of old stone paths. Footpaths wind through the terrain with an indifferent grace, connecting the modest dwellings to the higher, windswept pastures of Lower Alt Hill. Here, the landscape retains a stubborn, unpolished character that refuses to surrender entirely to the encroaching sprawl of the modern world. One finds in the shifting patterns of the clouds above Alt Hill a persistent reminder of the ancient, glacial forces that once carved this singular corner of England.
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About This Alt Hill, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alt Hill, 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 Alt Hill includes coordinates 53.514091, -2.085074, 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 Alt Hill is available on the Alt Hill 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.