Melling, Merseyside Weather
About Melling, Merseyside
Melling preserves a quiet stillness where the low-lying fields of the Mersey plain meet the encroaching reach of urban expansion. It lies 1.4 miles north-west of Kirkby (from Kirkby: bearing 313°T, OS grid SD 392 003), and is situated south-west of Melling Mount village. Ancient stone markers endure in the old churchyard, where a standing cross 30m south of the tower of the parochial chapel remains as a silent sentinel of centuries past. The light here often catches the damp earth in a way that turns the heavy, clay-rich soil into a dark, velvet ribbon beneath the grey sky. Melling Brook winds its way through the periphery, its waters tracing a slow, deliberate path that has defined the drainage of these pastures since long before the modern road networks arrived. Residents often find respite in the verdant expanse of Rainbow Park, a space that serves as a necessary lung for the local landscape. The surrounding terrain retains the character of an agricultural heritage, even as the hum of the nearby motorway reminds one of the relentless pace of the North West. Melling balances this legacy of pastoral patience with the pragmatic requirements of contemporary life, grounding its identity in the steady, rhythmic turn of the seasons.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Melling, Merseyside Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Melling, 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 Melling includes coordinates 53.496541, -2.917415, 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 Melling is available on the Melling 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.