Glass Houghton, West Yorkshire Weather
About Glass Houghton, West Yorkshire
Glass Houghton reveals the quiet persistence of a landscape once shaped by the deep, rhythmic extraction of coal and the steady industry of the West Riding. It lies 1.1 miles south-east of Castleford (from Castleford: bearing 133°T, OS grid SE 440 245). The morning light often catches the soft, rising contours of Toll Hill to the east, casting long, thoughtful shadows across the modern thoroughfares that have replaced the old colliery lines. Where heavy machinery once defined the horizon, the air now possesses a different stillness, allowing the distant hum of the wider district to fade into a background murmur. Residents often find respite in the nearby greenery of Queen’s Park, where mature trees offer a seasonal canopy that softens the functional edges of the surrounding infrastructure. The legacy of Glass Houghton remains tethered to its industrial roots, yet it adapts with an understated resilience that reflects the changing character of the region. Broad roads and local commerce now occupy the spaces where iron and steam once dominated the waking hours of the inhabitants. This transition from blackened earth to reclaimed space gives Glass Houghton a distinctive, utilitarian beauty that speaks of endurance rather than artifice.
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About This Glass Houghton, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Glass Houghton, 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 Glass Houghton includes coordinates 53.715091, -1.334016, 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 Glass Houghton is available on the Glass Houghton 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.