Langley Common, Derbyshire Weather
About Langley Common, Derbyshire
Langley Common holds the quiet, low-slung geography of the Amber Valley in a firm, unpretentious grip. It lies 3.7 miles west-north-west of Derby (from Derby: bearing 282°T, OS grid SK 293 376), and is situated south-south-east of Kirk Langley village. Broad, heavy-skied fields define the horizon here, where the light often seems trapped beneath a permanent layer of slate-grey cloud. A short walk to the north-north-west reveals the earthworks of a Scheduled Monument, where the rigid, uncompromising line of an ancient Roman road still dictates the pace of the modern footpath. The land drains slowly toward the Flagshaw Brook, its waters carving a shallow, persistent path through the sodden clay of the surrounding meadows. Langley Common experiences a stillness that is rarely broken, save for the occasional vibration of heavy machinery moving toward the larger industrial arteries of the Midlands. Winter frost clings to the hedgerows longer than elsewhere, turning the skeletal branches into brittle, silver ornaments against the darkening evening. There is a melancholy beauty in this persistence of rural form, where the history of the soil remains visible despite the encroachment of modern transit.
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About This Langley Common, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Langley Common, 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 Langley Common includes coordinates 52.935512, -1.564129, 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 Langley Common is available on the Langley Common 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.