Burnlee, West Yorkshire Weather
About Burnlee, West Yorkshire
Burnlee commands a position of quiet authority upon the slopes of the Pennine foothills, where the air sharpens with the scent of high moorland. It lies 0.7 miles west-south-west of Holmfirth (from Holmfirth: bearing 244°T, OS grid SE 130 076), and is situated south-south-east of Upperthong village. The landscape here is defined by the steep, rigorous fall of the terrain, where stone walls mark the boundaries of ancient enclosures against the encroaching gritstone heights. To the west, the deep indentation of Stubbin Clough carves a jagged shadow into the hillside, channeling the runoff from the high ground into the valley floor. The light in Burnlee often possesses a bruised, silver quality, shifting rapidly as clouds race over the summits of Brown Hill to the north. Below the residences, the modest flow of the Black Sike Dike traces a path toward the Holme, its waters reflecting the grey, sturdy architecture that defines this corner of West Yorkshire. Residents look out over a vista where the industrial past of textile mills has long since retreated, leaving behind a persistent sense of human industry etched into the very masonry of the cottages. Burnlee maintains a dignified remove from the bustling tourist trails nearby, preserving a stillness that feels as enduring as the rock beneath the soil.
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About This Burnlee, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burnlee, West Yorkshire, 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 Burnlee includes coordinates 53.565455, -1.803954, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Burnlee is available on the Burnlee map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West Yorkshire 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.