Ballidon emerges from the limestone folds of the Derbyshire Dales as a quiet study in geological patience. It lies 5.1 miles north-north-east of Ashbourne (from Ashbourne: bearing 16°T, OS grid SK 203 546), and is situated east of Parwich village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, pale outcrops of the White Peak, where the earth seems to have been bleached by centuries of pale, unfiltered sun. To the south, the Medieval Settlement and Associated Field System provides a silent, grass-grown record of lives long since departed from the soil. The nearby rise of Blackstones Low catches the morning light, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the undulating pastures like fingers of ink. Industry has left its mark upon the terrain, as the extraction of stone has carved deep, sudden geometries into the rolling hillsides. Ballidon remains a place where the wind carries the scent of crushed rock and wild thyme, lingering in the air with a clarity that sharpens the edges of the horizon. These ridges and hollows hold a profound stillness, indifferent to the hurried passage of the modern world beyond their limestone borders.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ballidon, 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 Ballidon includes coordinates 53.088832, -1.697411, 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 Ballidon is available on the Ballidon 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.