Chinley, Derbyshire Weather
About Chinley, Derbyshire
Chinley reveals its character through the sharp, singular silhouettes of the surrounding gritstone ridges that define the horizon. It lies 1.6 miles north-west of Chapel-en-le-Frith (from Chapel-en-le-Frith: bearing 314°T, OS grid SK 040 825), and is situated north-north-east of Whitehough village. The slopes of Chinley Churn rise abruptly to the north, casting long, melancholic shadows across the rooftops as the afternoon light begins to thin. To the east, the quiet enclosure of Squirrel Green offers a modest pause in the landscape, a patch of grass where the air feels scrubbed clean by the passing winds. Water remains a constant companion here, as the movement of the nearby brooks provides a persistent, low-frequency hum that underpins the stillness of the afternoon. The industrial echoes of the past linger in the architecture of the nearby canal basin, where stone masonry reflects a time when lime and coal dictated the local tempo. Chinley maintains a certain stoic reserve, its houses built from the very earth that rises in steep, challenging gradients on every side. One senses that the inhabitants of Chinley live in careful negotiation with the weather, aware that the peaks act as both a shelter and a barrier against the wider world.
Flight conditions near Chinley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Chinley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Chinley, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chinley, 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 Chinley includes coordinates 53.340062, -1.939931, 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 Chinley is available on the Chinley 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.