Hattersley commands a high, expansive ridge where the grey light of the North West often lingers, casting long shadows across its mid-century concrete blocks. It lies 2.1 miles east of Hyde (from Hyde: bearing 95°T, OS grid SJ 982 946), and is situated south-west of Mottram in Longdendale village. Cold currents of air sweep across the plateau, carrying the quiet, damp scent of the nearby Westwood Clough as it carves its deep, verdant path through the lower ground. This landscape, once a series of quiet farms, was transformed in the post-war years to accommodate the shifting needs of a growing Manchester, leaving Hattersley with an architectural silhouette that feels both stark and strangely purposeful. To the east, the rising earth of Mottram Hill provides a constant, looming horizon, grounding the houses against the vastness of the shifting sky. Residents often look towards the horizon where the industrial memory of the region meets the encroaching wildness of the Pennine foothills. The streets of Hattersley follow a deliberate, winding geometry that prioritises the pedestrian, creating pockets of stillness away from the arterial roads. Here, the hum of daily life is punctuated by the sudden, sharp clarity of weather moving in from the hills, reminding all who dwell here of the land’s enduring authority over the built environment.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hattersley, 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 Hattersley includes coordinates 53.448601, -2.028118, 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 Hattersley is available on the Hattersley 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.