Great Preston, West Yorkshire Weather
About Great Preston, West Yorkshire
Great Preston commands a quiet dignity upon the rolling folds of the West Yorkshire landscape, where the sky seems to stretch wider than the earth beneath it. It lies 2.2 miles south of Garforth (from Garforth: bearing 184°T, OS grid SE 401 295), and is situated north-north-west of Woodend village. The land rises gently toward the summit of Preston Hill, offering a vantage point where the light catches the distant, industrial ghosts of a coal-mining past. Below these slopes, the Townclose Hills Sssi protects a rare, chalk-rich habitat that invites the curious to wander through its undisturbed grasses. Great Preston maintains a steady, rhythmic connection to its surroundings, as if the soil itself holds the memory of the heavy machinery that once defined the local economy. Kippax Beck meanders quietly through the periphery, tracing a silver thread through the fields that separate the houses from the wider horizon. The residents here walk paths that have been worn smooth by generations, moving between the shadowed lanes and the open, airy crests of the surrounding high ground. Each season brings a distinct clarity to the air, sharpening the silhouettes of the trees and casting long, thoughtful shadows across the hearths of this enduring place.
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About This Great Preston, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Preston, 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 Great Preston includes coordinates 53.760817, -1.391981, 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 Great Preston is available on the Great Preston 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.