Blackwell, Derbyshire Weather
About Blackwell, Derbyshire
Limestone walls define the sparse, austere beauty of Blackwell, a hamlet where the earth seems to hold its breath against the sweeping winds of the high plateau. It lies 4.4 miles east of Buxton (from Buxton: bearing 99°T, OS grid SK 127 720), and is situated north-west of Taddington village. Blackwell occupies a rugged portion of the Peak District National Park, where the horizon remains wide and indifferent to human scale. To the north-east, the slopes of Blackwell Dale drop away sharply, carving a jagged, verdant scar into the surrounding gritstone and limestone landscape. The light here has a peculiar, washed-out clarity, bleaching the dry-stone walls until they mirror the pale, skeletal hues of the sheep-grazed pastures. Prehistoric echoes linger in the vicinity, marked by the proximity of the Five Wells chambered tomb, which anchors the history of the ground into the deep, unyielding rock. Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of Blackwell, asserting itself through the rhythmic maintenance of fences and the seasonal turn of the heavy, clay-rich soil. Every path leading away from the houses offers a view of a terrain that has been shaped more by the slow, grinding patience of geology than by the fleeting intentions of men.
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About This Blackwell, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackwell, 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 Blackwell includes coordinates 53.245411, -1.811068, 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 Blackwell is available on the Blackwell 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.