Formby, Merseyside Weather
About Formby, Merseyside
Sand dunes and pine woods define the shifting, sandy horizon of Formby, where the salt-heavy air carries the weight of the Irish Sea. It lies 5.5 miles west-north-west of Maghull (from Maghull: bearing 301°T, OS grid SD 298 072), and is situated west-north-west of Great Altcar village. Once a quiet agricultural enclave, the locality grew as a prosperous retreat, its economy now anchored by service industries and its status as a desirable residential enclave. The landscape here remains fragile and prone to change, existing within the protected Sefton Coast SSSI, where the wind continually carves new patterns into the fragile coastal slopes.
Beryl Bainbridge once captured the peculiar, quiet melancholy of the North West, a tone that lingers in the hidden corners of Formby. The red squirrels dart through the shadows of Holm Wood, their presence a fleeting reminder of the wilder nature that persists despite the encroaching modern world. Residents often gather for performances at the Formby Little Theatre, an institution that provides a sharp, creative contrast to the muted tones of the beach. While the ruins of the historic lifeboat station stand as a lonely sentinel against the tide, the town maintains a steady, composed character that avoids the clamour of larger urban centres.
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Live animated radar for Formby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Formby, Merseyside Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Formby, Merseyside, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. 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 Formby includes coordinates 53.557105, -3.060085, in the county of Merseyside, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Formby is available on the Formby map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Merseyside 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.