Great Hucklow, Derbyshire Weather
About Great Hucklow, Derbyshire
Limestone walls and high, windswept pastures define the character of Great Hucklow, a place where the sky seems to press closer to the earth than elsewhere in the Derbyshire Dales. It lies 6.4 miles north-north-west of Bakewell (from Bakewell: bearing 337°T, OS grid SK 176 779), and is situated north-west of Foolow village. Great Hucklow enjoys a position of singular prominence within the Peak District National Park, commanding views over a landscape marked by the deep, silent scars of its lead-mining ancestry. To the west, the earth bears the hollowed marks of the High Rake Mine, where the ghosts of industry have long since faded into the quietude of the moor. The horizon is further punctuated by the ancient, weathered stones of the Burr Tor Prehistoric Stock Enclosure, which stand as silent witnesses to the generations who once traversed these rugged slopes. Light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the grey edges of the stone structures and illuminating the spare, austere beauty of the surrounding hills. This is a landscape of hard-won endurance, where the wind carries the chill of the summits and the history of the ground is written in every exposed vein of rock. Whether under the pale sun of spring or the bruising clouds of autumn, Great Hucklow remains an enduring testament to the resilience of the upland spirit.
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About This Great Hucklow, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Hucklow, 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 Great Hucklow includes coordinates 53.298124, -1.736746, 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 Great Hucklow is available on the Great Hucklow 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.