Harwood Lee, Manchester Weather
About Harwood Lee, Manchester
Harwood Lee emerges as a quiet threshold where the urban reach of Bolton dissolves into the rising contours of the Pennine foothills. It lies 2.4 miles north-east of Bolton (from Bolton: bearing 39°T, OS grid SD 740 121), and is situated south-west of Affetside village. The light here often catches the silvered surface of Riding Gate Brook, which winds its way through the landscape with a persistent, cold clarity that defines the local topography. To the south-west, the expansive greenery of Longsight Park provides a verdant lung for the surroundings, offering a space where the air feels heavy with the scent of damp earth and mature timber. Harwood Lee occupies a transitionary space, balancing the structured order of suburban lanes against the encroaching wildness of the higher ground towards the east. The terrain gradually tilts upward, suggesting the looming presence of the hills that guard the horizon against the encroaching grey of the industrial plains. Residents move through streets that hold the morning mist longer than the lowlands, creating an atmosphere of stillness that persists even as the day matures. This geography grants Harwood Lee a singular perspective, looking back toward the clustered chimneys of the valley while facing the open, unyielding sky of the north.
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About This Harwood Lee, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harwood Lee, 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 Harwood Lee includes coordinates 53.604937, -2.393839, 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 Harwood Lee is available on the Harwood Lee 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.