Hollington emerges from the rolling Derbyshire landscape as a collection of limestone and brick dwellings that seem to catch the morning light with a particular, pale clarity. It lies 5.5 miles south-south-east of Ashbourne (from Ashbourne: bearing 147°T, OS grid SK 228 393), and is situated north-east of Longford village. The terrain here is marked by the quiet persistence of water, where the nearby Shirley Brook and Brailsford Brook trace the boundaries of the fields like silver ink lines on an old map. These waterways feed a damp, verdant earth that has supported generations of agriculture, leaving the soil rich and heavy with the promise of harvest. Within the quietude of Hollington, the architecture reflects a sturdy, unpretentious history of rural craftsmanship that respects the prevailing winds. To the north-west, the Mill Pond acts as a glassy mirror for the shifting clouds, capturing the expansive, restless sky of the East Midlands in its still depths. Such a landscape encourages a slow, attentive way of living, where the rustle of hedgerows and the distant lowing of cattle define the passage of the hours. Hollington remains a place where the physical weight of the land is felt in every mile of stone-walled lane and furrowed pasture.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hollington, 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 Hollington includes coordinates 52.950957, -1.660882, 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 Hollington is available on the Hollington 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.