Buxworth, Derbyshire Weather
About Buxworth, Derbyshire
Buxworth reveals itself through the grey-green shoulders of the High Peak, where the high moorland air cleanses the lungs of industrial memory. It lies 0.8 miles east-north-east of Whaley Bridge (from Whaley Bridge: bearing 59°T, OS grid SK 023 821), and is situated west of Leaden Knowl village. The landscape bears the heavy, honest mark of the canal age, most notably at the Bugsworth Canal Basin, Tramway, Quarry and Limekilns where stone-weighted silence now replaces the frantic commerce of the past. Beyond the water’s edge, the terrain rises toward the sharp, lonely prow of Eccles Pike, a summit that commands a wide dominion over the surrounding Derbyshire ridges. Buxworth maintains a quiet resilience, tethered to a history of lime transport and the steady, rhythmic pulse of the canal network. Winter light often catches the limestone walls, turning the heavy masonry into pale, brittle gold against the darkening sky of the East Midlands. The valley floor holds a damp, fertile chill, encouraging a slow growth of moss and lichen upon the relics of the old tramways. Every stone here remembers the weight of the carts and the call of the carters, leaving Buxworth to echo with the ghosts of a vanished, industrious urgency.
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About This Buxworth, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buxworth, 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 Buxworth includes coordinates 53.336207, -1.966697, 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 Buxworth is available on the Buxworth 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.