Dicklant emerges from the sloping limestone folds of North East Derbyshire as a quiet fragment of the rural landscape. It lies 2.2 miles west-south-west of Clay Cross (from Clay Cross: bearing 244°T, OS grid SK 359 618), and is situated north-north-east of Milltown village. The terrain here rises with a stubborn, geological patience, carrying the weight of ancient strata toward the high, open ridges. Much of the land around Dicklant falls within the Ogston Reservoir SSSI, where the water catches the low, pale light of the East Midlands and pulls the sky down into the valley floor. To the north-west, the raw, scarred faces of the Fall Hill Quarry SSSI reveal the deep, ochre bones of the earth that once fed the local kilns. Sunlight often lingers on these exposed stone shelves, turning the grey gritstone to a fleeting, warm bronze before the shadows lengthen. Dicklant maintains a sparse, watchful presence, defined more by the shifting weather and the lean of the hawthorn hedges than by the bustle of modern thoroughfares. The air here holds the sharp clarity of the high ground, a cold breath that reminds any traveler of the long, unyielding miles stretching toward the Peak District.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dicklant, 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 Dicklant includes coordinates 53.152339, -1.464637, 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 Dicklant is available on the Dicklant 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.