Broadfield, Manchester Weather
About Broadfield, Manchester
Broadfield preserves the quiet, rugged character of the North West, where the horizon catches the grey-blue light of the Pennine foothills. It lies 0.5 miles south-west of Heywood (from Heywood: bearing 224°T, OS grid SD 849 102). The landscape here holds the sturdy, industrial memory of the textile age, its brickwork weathered by decades of damp air and persistent winds. To the north, the terrain dips toward the path of Tack Lee Brook, where the water runs with a sharp, metallic clarity through the low-lying fields. Broadfield maintains a stubborn independence, its streets unfolding in a modest grid that reflects the pragmatism of its working origins. Beyond the immediate rows of houses, the land rises toward the distant, brooding heights of Goose Hill, which looms over the skyline like an old, familiar sentinel. The sky above Broadfield often seems vast and low, casting a long, shifting radiance that highlights the texture of the soot-stained stone and the resilience of the local gardens. Every evening, the cooling air carries a faint scent of damp earth and coal-smoke, a lingering reminder of the fires that once drove the great mills of the Rochdale district.
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About This Broadfield, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broadfield, 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 Broadfield includes coordinates 53.588261, -2.229521, 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 Broadfield is available on the Broadfield 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.