Slattocks, Manchester Weather
About Slattocks, Manchester
Slattocks holds the quiet, industrious memory of the Rochdale Canal, where the water reflects a sky often bruised with the grey weight of Pennine clouds. It lies 1.7 miles north-east of Middleton (from Middleton: bearing 34°T, OS grid SD 885 081), and is situated south of Trub village. Stone bridges and lock gates anchor Slattocks to a past defined by the steady movement of coal and cotton barges along the waterway. To the west, the deep indentation of Hopwood Clough pulls the shadows across the fields, suggesting a landscape carved by persistence rather than grand design. The light here has a sharp, northern clarity, catching the moss upon the canal walls and the rusted iron of old lock mechanisms. A short distance away, the quiet flow of Whit Brook draws a silver thread through the lower ground, softening the harder edges of the local topography. Slattocks remains a place of transition, where the rumble of the modern road barely disturbs the enduring silence of the towpath.
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About This Slattocks, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slattocks, 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 Slattocks includes coordinates 53.570216, -2.174504, 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 Slattocks is available on the Slattocks 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.