Creswell, Derbyshire Weather
About Creswell, Derbyshire
Creswell carries the sturdy, soot-dusted weight of its coal-mining heritage within a landscape of enduring limestone resilience. It lies 4.0 miles north-east of Bolsover (from Bolsover: bearing 53°T, OS grid SK 524 743), and is situated east-north-east of Elmton village. Beneath the pale, shifting light of the Derbyshire sky, the earth here holds the memory of deep seams and the toil of generations. To the east, the limestone cliffs of Creswell Crags rise like jagged sentinels, harbouring ancient caves where the first hunters once sought shelter from the biting winds. The limestone gorge, adorned with the prehistoric secrets of Mother Grundy’s Parlour, provides a stark, dramatic contrast to the orderly grid of the residential streets. Beyond the houses, the quiet waters of Crags Pond mirror the grey clouds, offering a tranquil sanctuary for the local heron and mallard. Residents often find solace in the open air of Wollen Meadow, where the grass grows long and soft under the encroaching shadows of the afternoon. Creswell remains a place defined by the duality of subterranean industry and the wild, unyielding beauty of its surrounding crags.
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About This Creswell, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Creswell, 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 Creswell includes coordinates 53.263222, -1.215152, 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 Creswell is available on the Creswell 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.