Cross o' th' hands, Derbyshire Weather
About Cross o' th' hands, Derbyshire
Cross o' th' hands marks a modest intersection of lanes where the Derbyshire Dales spill into a landscape of quiet, working fields. It lies 4.1 miles west of Belper (from Belper: bearing 262°T, OS grid SK 283 464), and is situated south-west of Hillclifflane village. The land here rises with a stubborn, geological patience, dominated to the west by the distinct rise of Snapper's Knowe. Light catches the limestone walls of the local farmsteads, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the buildings firmly into the earth. To the north, the Mount Pleasant SSSI preserves a fragment of unimproved grassland, offering a glimpse of the flora that once defined these rolling slopes before modern agriculture took hold. Cross o' th' hands persists as a waypoint in a rural tapestry, defined more by the passage of seasons than by the clamour of industry. The air carries a crisp, thin quality, typical of the high ground that separates the local river valleys. One observes that the horizon here is not a distant abstraction but a pressing reality, pushing the sky down upon the narrow, winding lanes.
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About This Cross o' th' hands, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cross o' th' hands, 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 Cross o' th' hands includes coordinates 53.014592, -1.579297, 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 Cross o' th' hands is available on the Cross o' th' hands 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.