Wallness occupies a quiet bend of the River Irwell, where the industrial echoes of the past soften into the green embrace of the floodplain. It lies 0.8 miles east-north-east of Salford (from Salford: bearing 63°T, OS grid SJ 817 988). The landscape here holds a particular stillness, a lingering pause between the dense urbanity of central Manchester and the open, marshy reaches of the riverbank. Visitors often encounter the striking, weathered silhouette of the Oliver Heywood sculpture, which stands as a silent sentinel marking the transition from street to water. A short walk towards the river reveals how Peel Park draws the gaze with its expansive, historic grounds, offering a rare, verdant lung in a region defined by its brick and mortar heritage. The light at Wallness possesses a watery, silvered quality, reflecting off the Irwell as it curves sluggishly toward the city centre. Beneath the surface of this suburban landscape, the remnants of ancient river management still dictate the flow of the land. Wallness retains a certain dignified composure, indifferent to the frantic pace of the metropolis that hums just a few miles downstream.
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Live animated radar for Wallness and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wallness, 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 Wallness includes coordinates 53.48598, -2.277162, 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 Wallness is available on the Wallness 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.