Speke, Merseyside Weather
About Speke, Merseyside
Speke commands a long, low sweep of the Mersey shoreline where the heavy, salt-laden winds press against the industrial horizon. It lies 4.9 miles north-north-east of Ellesmere Port (from Ellesmere Port: bearing 22°T, OS grid SJ 428 833), and is situated west-north-west of Hale village. The landscape here is defined by the Mersey Estuary Sssi, a vast, tidal expanse where the grey water pulses rhythmically against the mudflats. Amidst the modern tarmac and the hum of nearby aviation, the timbered gables of Speke Hall Moated Site endure as a fragile memory of an older, quieter England. The pale light of the estuary often catches the brickwork of Speke, softening the stark edges of its mid-century housing and vast manufacturing estates. Nearby, the quiet waters of the Speke Dams offer a sanctuary where the reeds sway in a slow, hypnotic dance against the sky. This geography holds a strange duality, where the ghosts of ancient manors watch over a landscape shaped by the relentless machinery of commerce.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Speke, Merseyside Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Speke, 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 Speke includes coordinates 53.343631, -2.859484, 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 Speke is available on the Speke 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.