Flint Hill, County Durham Weather
About Flint Hill, County Durham
Flint Hill commands a steady, high-ground perspective over the rugged contours of the North East, where the horizon broadens into a pale, shifting expanse of Durham sky. It lies 1.5 miles north of Annfield Plain (from Annfield Plain: bearing 360°T, OS grid NZ 164 544), and is situated west of White-le-Head village. Wind sweeps across the exposed ridges here, carrying the sharp, clean scent of distance that often precedes a change in the weather. A short walk to the west brings one to the remnants of Collierley Chapel, where the grey stone stands in silent, enduring defiance of the encroaching bracken. The land drops away toward the northern boundary, where the lush, secretive greenery of Lintzhall Dene provides a sheltered contrast to the harder, more austere lines of the surrounding upland. Flint Hill retains a quiet, industrial gravity, its foundations rooted in the coal-seamed earth that once defined the labour and ambition of the local people. Even now, the rhythm of the place remains tethered to the terrain, shifting with the light as it catches the sloping fields and the distant, cooling silhouettes of the hills. In the evening, the low sun casts long, melancholic shadows that stretch across the open lanes, emphasizing the stark beauty of a landscape shaped by generations of toil.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Flint Hill, County Durham Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flint Hill, County Durham, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Flint Hill includes coordinates 54.884561, -1.745362, in the county of County Durham, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Flint Hill is available on the Flint Hill map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the County Durham 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.