Old Birtle, Manchester Weather
About Old Birtle, Manchester
Old Birtle remains a quiet remnant of the high moorland fringe where the industrial ambition of the North West softens into the stubborn grit of the Pennine foothills. It lies 2.1 miles north-west of Heywood (from Heywood: bearing 316°T, OS grid SD 831 132), and is situated south-south-west of Red Lumb village. The landscape here is defined by a persistent, grey-blue light that seems to rise directly from the stone walls dividing the upland pastures. To the south, the rising profile of Gallows Hill commands the horizon, casting long, melancholic shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon wanes. Old Birtle sits in a space where the echoes of textile production have largely faded, leaving behind a stillness punctuated only by the occasional cry of a lapwing. Eastwards, the deep, wooded cleft of Ashworth Valley draws the eye toward the hidden movement of water, offering a sharp contrast to the open, wind-swept ridges above. The earth holds the memory of a harder, more laborious age, yet the modern eye finds a strange comfort in the way the horizon seems to hold the sky at a respectful distance. This is a place of austere horizons, where the land refuses to yield to the encroaching sprawl of the nearby urban centres.
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About This Old Birtle, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Birtle, 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 Old Birtle includes coordinates 53.61536, -2.256212, 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 Old Birtle is available on the Old Birtle 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.