Roaches, Manchester Weather
About Roaches, Manchester
Roaches occupies a rugged expanse of high ground where the Pennine fringes meet the encroaching shadows of industrial Tameside. It lies 1.1 miles north-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 52°T, OS grid SD 984 034), and is situated east of Quick village. Winds here carry a sharp, scouring clarity, sweeping across the heather-streaked slopes that rise toward the summit of Noonsun Hill. Below these heights, the land spills into deep, verdant folds where the waters of Warlow Brook trace a restless, silver path through the gritstone. History lingers in the local topography, echoing the ancient defensive purpose of nearby fortifications that once commanded the horizon. Roaches retains an austere, unadorned composure, defined by the stark contrast between the heavy stone architecture and the vast, unyielding sky of the North West. The transition from the sheltered valleys to the exposed moorland creates a shifting palette of slate-grey and bruised purple light across the terrain. Every stone wall and rising ridge in Roaches serves as a silent marker of a landscape shaped by centuries of austere, agrarian labour.
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About This Roaches, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roaches, 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 Roaches includes coordinates 53.527925, -2.025003, 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 Roaches is available on the Roaches 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.