Top of Cragg, Manchester Weather
About Top of Cragg, Manchester
Top of Cragg commands a modest prominence above the industrial pulse of the Oldham district, where the air often carries the sharp, clean scent of high ground. It lies 1.2 miles north-north-west of Chadderton (from Chadderton: bearing 329°T, OS grid SD 899 069), and is situated east-south-east of Healds Green village. The land here slopes with a quiet, purposeful geometry toward the Rochdale Canal Sssi, where the water mirrors the shifting grey tones of the Lancashire sky. To the north, the rise of Cinder Hill offers a stark, grassy counterpoint to the brick-built heritage of the surrounding valleys. Top of Cragg retains a sense of enduring stillness, as if the earth itself remains mindful of the soot and iron that once defined the horizon. Even as modern life brushes against its borders, the hamlet keeps a watchful, solitary character amidst the wider sprawl of the North West. Sunlight across this elevation possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the edges of the stone walls that mark the ancient boundaries of the fields.
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About This Top of Cragg, Manchester Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Top of Cragg, 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 Top of Cragg includes coordinates 53.559091, -2.152901, 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 Top of Cragg is available on the Top of Cragg 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.