Old Wingate, County Durham Weather
About Old Wingate, County Durham
Old Wingate commands a quiet ridge in County Durham, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant coal seams. It lies 3.8 miles west-south-west of Peterlee (from Peterlee: bearing 239°T, OS grid NZ 376 376), and is situated north-north-west of Deaf Hill village. The horizon here is defined by the earthworks of the Medieval Settlement and Open Field System At Old Wingate, where the hummocks of forgotten boundaries catch the low, slanted light of an autumn afternoon. Below the crest, the jagged limestone edges of Wingate Quarry Sssi break the monotony of the fields, offering a stark, white contrast to the encroaching green of the hedgerows. Old Wingate retains a solitude that feels older than the brickwork of its modern houses, as if the land itself still remembers the rhythm of the medieval plough. Small, secretive birds dart between the hawthorn thickets that cling to the uneven ground, their wings flickering like silver coins tossed into the air. The soil here is heavy and stubborn, yielding only grudgingly to those who work it, yet it possesses a solemnity that demands attention. This is a place of long shadows and wide, grey skies, where the history of the county is written in the silence of the hills.
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About This Old Wingate, County Durham Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Wingate, 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 Old Wingate includes coordinates 54.732068, -1.416823, 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 Old Wingate is available on the Old Wingate 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.