Friendly, West Yorkshire Weather
About Friendly, West Yorkshire
Friendly reveals itself through the steep, gritstone spine of the Calder Valley, where the light often catches the grey lintels of traditional Yorkshire cottages. It lies 0.9 miles north-east of Sowerby Bridge (from Sowerby Bridge: bearing 55°T, OS grid SE 054 240), and is situated south-south-west of Warley Town village. The landscape bears the heavy, industrious imprint of the textile age, marked by the lingering presence of canal-side warehouses that once pulsed with the rhythm of the loom. A short walk towards the rising slopes brings one to the verdant depth of Warley Clough, where the water carves a quiet, moss-dampened path through the hillside. Further along the valley floor, the iron-wrought silhouette of the Jack of the Locks monument serves as a lonely sentinel to the engineering ambitions of a bygone century. Friendly remains anchored by these remnants of brick and water, offering a view of the Pennine ridges that sharpen against the shifting northern sky. Such vistas provide a grounding clarity, reminding those who traverse these paths of the enduring connection between the rugged earth and the stubborn, hearth-warmed dwellings of the residents.
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Live animated radar for Friendly and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Friendly, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friendly, 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 Friendly includes coordinates 53.712788, -1.918995, 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 Friendly is available on the Friendly 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.