Edge Green preserves the quiet dignity of a former industrial landscape, where the iron legacy of the Lancashire coalfields has softened into long, unassuming stretches of suburban residential streets. It lies 0.8 miles north-north-west of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 334°T, OS grid SJ 598 989). Residents walk along the perimeter of Edge Green Common, a modest expanse of grass that serves as a communal lung for the surrounding houses. The light here often catches the flat, open horizon, revealing the subtle ways the earth has settled since the deep seams of the collieries were closed. To the north, the trees of Viridor Wood rise as a dark, irregular fringe against the sky, marking the boundary where human habitation yields to untamed growth. History resides in the silent gaps between the rows of brick terraces, where the memory of the mines lingers like the scent of rain on dry stone. The path toward the nearby Golborne Colliery Memorial offers a brief pause to acknowledge the heavy, soot-stained toil that once dictated the rhythm of daily life. Edge Green retains a stoic character, neither demanding attention nor hiding its past, but simply existing in the pale, shifting light of the North West.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Edge Green, 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 Edge Green includes coordinates 53.485609, -2.606081, 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 Edge Green is available on the Edge Green 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.