Glodwick Lows, Manchester Weather
About Glodwick Lows, Manchester
Glodwick Lows rises as a modest, elevated shoulder of land above the dense industrial heritage of the Oldham district. It lies 0.7 miles south-west of Lees (from Lees: bearing 226°T, OS grid SD 944 037). The terrain here catches the low, pale light of the North West, casting long, sharp shadows across the terraced streets that cling to the incline. To the north, the proximity of the Lowside Brickworks Sssi serves as a stark reminder of the geology that once fuelled the region’s brick-making trade. Deep in the hollows below, the verdant basin of Snipe Clough offers a quiet contrast to the persistent hum of the surrounding urban sprawl. Glodwick Lows maintains a rugged, utilitarian character, where the grit of Victorian expansion meets the persistent, encroaching wildness of the Pennine foothills. The air often carries a damp, cooling quality that drifts up from the valleys, grounding the rooftops in a perpetual, slate-grey stillness. This elevation provides a vantage point where the sprawling, interconnected rooftops of the district appear as a singular, vast mosaic of stone and slate.
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About This Glodwick Lows, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glodwick Lows, 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 Glodwick Lows includes coordinates 53.530719, -2.085258, 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 Glodwick Lows is available on the Glodwick Lows 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.