Leazes, County Durham Weather
About Leazes, County Durham
Leazes commands a quiet elevation where the industrial pulse of County Durham softens into a landscape of verdant, rolling ridges. It lies 2.9 miles north of Annfield Plain (from Annfield Plain: bearing 3°T, OS grid NZ 167 566), and is situated west of Burnopfield village. The horizon here is defined by the gentle, persistent rise of Black Hill, whose slopes catch the morning light in a way that suggests an ancient, watchful patience. Below these heights, the land dips toward the sheltered hollow of Lintzhall Dene, where the air holds a cooler, more secretive moisture. Leazes maintains a character forged by the legacy of northern coal, though today the scars of extraction have been softened by the patient return of gorse and hardy grasses. Residents often walk the perimeter where the sky feels vast and unburdened, looking across to the distant profile of Sheep Hill as it breaks the skyline. The geography remains starkly honest, reflecting a climate that demands resilience from both the flora and those who inhabit these high, exposed reaches. Every change in the weather sweeps across the open fields with a clarity that renders the surrounding valleys both intimate and grand.
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About This Leazes, County Durham Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leazes, 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 Leazes includes coordinates 54.904654, -1.740729, 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 Leazes is available on the Leazes 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.