Hartshorne commands a quiet prominence over the rolling topography of the South Derbyshire landscape, its stone foundations holding fast against the prevailing winds. It lies 1.8 miles east-north-east of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 69°T, OS grid SK 326 207), and is situated north-north-east of Woodville village. The local earth, once heavy with the industry of coal and clay, now offers a more muted horizon where the shadows of Horn Hill stretch long across the fields at dusk. Water gathers in the basin of nearby Limehouse Dam, its surface reflecting a sky that seems to hold more light here than in the crowded valleys below. Residents of Hartshorne often look toward the rising ground of Pistern Hill, where the air grows thin and sharp against the lungs. St Peter’s Church anchors the spirit of the place, its grey spire serving as a steady witness to the changing seasons and the slow turning of the sun. The geography here is defined by these subtle shifts in elevation, a rhythmic alternation between high ridge and sheltered hollow. Hartshorne remains a place of deliberate pauses, where the weight of the past is felt not in monuments, but in the enduring texture of the stone walls that border the lanes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hartshorne, 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 Hartshorne includes coordinates 52.783192, -1.516844, 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 Hartshorne is available on the Hartshorne 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.