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Astbury Mere

Sailing spot · UK

Is it worth the trip?

24Poor out of 100 for your dates

Stay home

Best on Mon 2: 8 kn gusting 15

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 40 out of 100

Wind
NNE 8 knF3
Gusts
15kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
11°C

Tue 3 · 19 out of 100

Wind
ENE 11 knF4
Gusts
22kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
10°C

Wed 4 · 37 out of 100

Wind
E 12 knF4
Gusts
23kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
11°C

Thu 5 · 25 out of 100

Wind
E 9 knF3
Gusts
17kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
9°C

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Wind
E 5 knF2
Gusts
8kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
8°C

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Wind
N 1 knF0
Gusts
2kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
7°C

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Wind
WNW 3 knF1
Gusts
8kn
Shore
–
Water
–
Air
7°C

Tap a day for wind, gusts, shore and air. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 248, fair
  3. Tue 374, good
  4. Wed 483, good
  5. Thu 565, good
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 986, good
  10. Tue 1054, fair

The spot in one fact

  • Best Feb–Mar5 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know gusts, offshore wind, tides or your skill.

Wind forecast and score for each day at Astbury Mere
DayScoreWindGustsShoreWaterAir
Sun 1Nov0, poorwind from the north, 5 knotsF210kn––10°C
Mon 2Nov48, fairwind from the north-north-east, 8 knotsF315kn––11°C
Tue 3Nov74, goodwind from the east-north-east, 11 knotsF422kn––10°C
Wed 4Nov83, goodwind from the east, 12 knotsF423kn––11°C
Thu 5Nov65, goodwind from the east, 9 knotsF317kn––9°C
Fri 6Nov0, poorwind from the east, 5 knotsF28kn––8°C
Sat 7Nov0, poorwind from the north, 1 knotF02kn––7°C
Sun 8Nov0, poorwind from the west-north-west, 3 knotsF18kn––7°C
Mon 9Nov86, goodwind from the east-south-east, 12 knotsF422kn––7°C
Tue 10Nov54, fairwind from the east-south-east, 11 knotsF424kn––9°C

Wind is the day's best reading, mean and gusts, in knots; the arrow points where it blows to. Shore "off" blows out to sea. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

best Feb–Mar

Good sailing days in a typical week, each month, from 2016 on (ERA5 history scored the same way).

  1. Jan4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Jan
  2. Feb5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Feb
  3. Mar5of 7: a trip from Sat 6 Mar
  4. Apr4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Apr
  5. May3of 7: a trip from Sat 1 May
  6. Jun4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Jun
  7. Jul4of 7: a trip from Sat 3 Jul
  8. Aug4of 7: a trip from Sat 7 Aug
  9. Sep4of 7: a trip from Sat 4 Sept
  10. Oct4of 7: a trip from Sat 2 Oct
  11. Nov4of 7: a trip from Mon 2 Nov
  12. Dec4of 7: a trip from Sat 5 Dec

Tap a month to see this spot for a trip then.

Typical, not a forecast. Reanalysis wind misses some local thermal winds, so a spot known for an afternoon breeze may do better than this.

Map

the spot and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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More sailing near here

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Astbury Mere

Known for sailing, by the OpenStreetMap map of the area. We don't know which way the shore faces here, so we can't warn of offshore wind: kite and windsurf aren't scored.

A spot for sailing, as OpenStreetMap maps it. For sailing at intermediate level the best months are usually February and March, with about 5 good days in 7; in May, about 3. From the weather of past years. The town to stay in is Winsford. Within 5 km we also list 1 kayak spot.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,080–US$2,040 each

about US$1,080–US$2,040 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MAN, estimated from distance and season, changing at DUB, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$435–US$904
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$47–US$80
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$281–US$469
Food7 days eating outabout US$315–US$583
Totalabout US$1,080–US$2,040

Kit hire is not priced yet: we have no sourced price, so it is not in it. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Winsford

Closest

Winsford

36 min by car · 5 places to stay

about US$107/nightcountry average

See 5 places to stay in Winsford · Booking.com

About Winsford its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$107 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 16h 10m

About 16h 10m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MAN, changing at Dublin Airport (DUB), then 40 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.