Black Clough emerges from the rugged upland fringes of the Pennines as a quiet gathering of stone and slope. It lies 0.8 miles east-north-east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 73°T, OS grid SD 950 094). The land here carries the sharp, clean scent of moorland air, where the wind scours the high ridges before falling into the deep, shadowed gullies of the district. To the east, the rising earth of Dog Hill commands the horizon, casting a long, heavy silence over the valley floor as the sun dips low. Below these heights, the dark, rushing waters of Brushes Clough Brook cut through the gritstone, carving a path that has defined the movement of people and industry for generations. Black Clough retains the austere character of its industrial ancestry, where the remnants of stone walls and old watercourses mark a landscape once harnessed for its raw, kinetic power. The light here is often thin and silver, catching the slate roofs and the rough texture of the fields with a sudden, piercing clarity. It is a place that holds its history in the steepness of its gradients and the cold, persistent clarity of its mountain springs.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Black Clough, 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 Black Clough includes coordinates 53.581806, -2.076601, 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 Black Clough is available on the Black Clough 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.