Old Tame persists as a quiet gathering of stone dwellings upon the rugged, rising folds of the Pennine fringe. It lies 1.9 miles east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 80°T, OS grid SD 968 096), and is situated south-west of Denshaw village. The horizon here is dominated by the austere presence of Summer Hill, which casts long, indigo shadows across the pastures as the afternoon light begins to thin. Below these heights, the landscape drains toward the dark, reflective surface of Brushes Clough Reservoir, a man-made basin that holds the sky in its still waters. Old Tame retains a character forged by the grit of northern industry and the persistence of upland farming, where the wind carries the scent of damp peat and distant coal-smoke ghosts. Stone walls, black with age and lichen, trace the boundaries of small fields that cling stubbornly to the steep topography. One senses that the inhabitants of Old Tame have long lived in a delicate negotiation with the elements, watching the weather roll in from the west with a seasoned, unspoken patience. This high, exposed ground demands a certain stoicism, rewarding those who dwell there with an immense, unbroken view of the unfolding moorland.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Tame, 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 Tame includes coordinates 53.583016, -2.048569, 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 Tame is available on the Old Tame 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.