Ambaston, Derbyshire Weather
About Ambaston, Derbyshire
Ambaston emerges from the flat, industrious plains of South Derbyshire as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the low, insistent horizon of the East Midlands. It lies 3.9 miles west-south-west of Long Eaton (from Long Eaton: bearing 257°T, OS grid SK 428 323), and is situated east of Elvaston village. The light here catches the reeds along the nearby Wilne Drain, where water moves with a sluggish, deliberate purpose through the heavy soil. Beyond the quiet lanes, the expansive grounds of Elvaston Castle offer a grand counterpoint to the domestic scale of the local hedgerows and brickwork. Ambaston maintains a rhythm dictated by the changing seasons of the surrounding fields, where the sun bleaches the stubble in late summer. A short distance to the north-east, the waters of Dungeon Hole hold a stillness that mirrors the grey, expansive skies of the Trent valley. History persists here not in grand monuments, but in the enduring lie of the land and the stubborn persistence of ancient field boundaries. There is a profound, unadorned honesty to the way the architecture meets the sky, reflecting a landscape that demands little but provides a steady, grounded perspective.
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About This Ambaston, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ambaston, Derbyshire, 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 Ambaston includes coordinates 52.887174, -1.364157, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Ambaston is available on the Ambaston map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Derbyshire 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.