Long Sight, Manchester Weather
About Long Sight, Manchester
Long Sight claims its place upon the northern slopes where the industrial legacy of Lancashire meets the quiet persistence of the Pennine foothills. It lies 0.5 miles south of Royton (from Royton: bearing 172°T, OS grid SD 921 067). Rain-washed stone and brick define the local architecture, capturing a pale, silvery light that softens the sharp angles of the suburban sprawl. The land here remains intrinsically linked to the industrial veins of the region, as the entire locality sits within the designated Rochdale Canal Sssi. Water, once the lifeblood of the spinning mills, now travels through these channels with a slow, deliberate gravity that mirrors the pace of the surrounding streets. To the west, the deep indentation of Plumpton Clough carves a green, shadowed passage through the landscape, offering a sudden respite from the grid of rooftops. Long Sight endures as a functional landscape, where the echoes of looms have long since faded into the hum of modern transit. The horizon holds the weight of the Manchester sky, vast and frequently bruised with clouds, yet always open to the sudden, brilliant clarity that follows a storm.
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Live animated radar for Long Sight and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Long Sight, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Sight, 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 Long Sight includes coordinates 53.557457, -2.119805, 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 Long Sight is available on the Long Sight 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.