Ashleyhay, Derbyshire Weather
About Ashleyhay, Derbyshire
Ashleyhay retains a quiet, stoic presence upon the rugged limestone plateaus of the Derbyshire landscape. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Wirksworth (from Wirksworth: bearing 166°T, OS grid SK 293 512), and is situated north-north-east of Idridgehay village. High above the valley floor, the terrain rises to meet the sharp, windswept crest of Beighton Hill, where the light catches the gorse in flashes of pale gold. The land here holds the memory of ancient agrarian toil, carved into small, stone-walled enclosures that resist the encroaching wild. To the east, the silhouette of Alport Height commands the horizon, acting as a natural beacon for the surrounding pastoral expanse. Ashleyhay remains defined by these shifting elevations, where the atmosphere thins and the horizon feels vast, untamed, and intensely observant. Below the slopes, the waters of the Alton Brook trace a hidden, serpentine path through the lower reaches of the district. This landscape persists as a place of singular clarity, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, rhythmic tolling of bells from the nearby valleys.
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About This Ashleyhay, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashleyhay, 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 Ashleyhay includes coordinates 53.057475, -1.563184, 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 Ashleyhay is available on the Ashleyhay 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.