Cockey Moor, Manchester Weather
About Cockey Moor, Manchester
Cockey Moor marks a quiet transition where the industrial reach of Greater Manchester softens into the rolling, open terrain of the Lancashire border. It lies 1.8 miles west of Bury (from Bury: bearing 263°T, OS grid SD 774 103), and is situated east of Ainsworth village. The landscape here retains a rugged simplicity, defined by high, windswept ground that once justified its name as a stretch of exposed heathland. Beneath the wide, pale sky, the light catches the silver surface of Starling Pond, which rests in the hollows just to the south like a fragment of fallen glass. The land holds the memory of old agricultural boundaries, where drystone walls and hedgerows trace the patterns of an older, agrarian economy. Further to the north, the waters of Walshaw Brook carve a subtle path through the earth, marking the slow passage of time against the encroaching suburban fringe. Cockey Moor remains a place of understated character, where the clarity of the air suggests the elevation of the surrounding moorland. This geography provides a sense of stillness that persists even as the nearby towns exert their steady, rhythmic pull.
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About This Cockey Moor, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cockey Moor, 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 Cockey Moor includes coordinates 53.589636, -2.342287, 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 Cockey Moor is available on the Cockey Moor 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.