Stubshaw Cross, Manchester Weather
About Stubshaw Cross, Manchester
Stubshaw Cross retains the quiet, utilitarian resolve of a place built upon the coal seams that once defined the industrial heart of South Lancashire. It lies 0.8 miles north-east of Ashton-in-Makerfield (from Ashton-in-Makerfield: bearing 52°T, OS grid SD 587 000). The local horizon is marked by the low, steady rise of the land, where the brickwork of traditional terraced rows meets the open, pale sky of the North West. To the north-east, the Viridor Wood Sculptures emerge from the landscape like wooden sentinels, offering a strange, silent contrast to the hum of modern traffic nearby. Residents move through streets that hold the memory of deep-shaft mining, now softened by the quiet encroachment of green spaces and garden plots. Beyond the immediate rooftops, the landscape opens toward the wider reaches of the Wigan district, where the air often carries the faint, damp scent of distant wetlands. A short distance away, the quiet perimeter of Edge Green Common invites a different pace, providing a stretch of managed grassland that separates the structured lines of the houses from the wider, untamed sweep of the countryside. Stubshaw Cross persists as a place of firm boundaries and sturdy foundations, where the legacy of the earth remains etched into the very orientation of the roads and the enduring character of its people.
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About This Stubshaw Cross, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stubshaw Cross, 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 Stubshaw Cross includes coordinates 53.49586, -2.622718, 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 Stubshaw Cross is available on the Stubshaw Cross 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.