Lilford, Manchester Weather
About Lilford, Manchester
Lilford reveals the lingering, rusted skeleton of an industrial past, where the heavy silence of coal-shadowed earth meets the persistent encroaching of modern suburban brick. It lies 0.6 miles north-east of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 40°T, OS grid SD 662 008). The landscape retains the quiet gravity of the North West, shaped by the extraction of subterranean wealth that once defined the horizon. Lilford Park Brook traces a silver, winding path through the outskirts, its waters carrying the memory of a terrain transformed by the pickaxe and the steam engine. The nearby Red Waters mirror the pale, shifting skies of Lancashire, providing a still, glass-like contrast to the hum of the surrounding district. These pockets of moisture and green offer a reprieve from the dense, red-brick vernacular that characterizes the local architecture. Where chimneys once pierced the clouds, low-slung residences now occupy the space, grounding the geography in a domestic, modest present. Lilford remains a place where the weight of history is felt not in grand monuments, but in the subtle, reclaimed stillness of its hollowed, verdant spaces.
Flight conditions near Lilford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lilford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lilford, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lilford, 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 Lilford includes coordinates 53.503694, -2.509803, 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 Lilford is available on the Lilford 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.