Greave holds a quiet elevation above the industrial hum of the Stockport district, where the land rises to meet the cooling breezes of the Pennine foothills. It lies 0.7 miles north-north-east of Romiley (from Romiley: bearing 30°T, OS grid SJ 946 917), and is situated south-south-east of Woodley village. The horizon here is defined by the soft, persistent interplay of suburban stone and the encroaching wildness of northern brooks. To the west, the waters of Mill Dam catch the low, slanted light of afternoon, reflecting a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic transit of the nearby railway. Greave maintains a modest composure, its residential streets branching off like veins into the surrounding green slopes. Nearby, the hidden waters of Bowlacre Brook carve a shallow channel through the earth, marking the northern boundary of the local topography. This landscape carries the faint, lingering memory of a manufacturing past, now largely reclaimed by the steady growth of gardens and quiet lanes. Greave remains a place of transition, where the solid brickwork of the North West yields to the open, wind-swept character of the higher ground.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Greave, 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 Greave includes coordinates 53.422905, -2.082468, 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 Greave is available on the Greave 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.