Lodge House Surface Mine, Derbyshire Weather
About Lodge House Surface Mine, Derbyshire
Lodge House Surface Mine occupies a scarred expanse of the Derbyshire landscape where the earth has been turned to reveal the heavy, dark history of coal beneath the topsoil. It lies 1.6 miles south-west of Heanor (from Heanor: bearing 223°T, OS grid SK 418 445), and is situated east of Smalley village. The terrain here holds a stark, industrial silence, broken only by the wind moving across exposed seams that once powered the furnaces of the Midlands. To the south-west, the quiet waters of Smalley Dam reflect a sky that often seems wider and more indifferent than the fields surrounding it. A short distance to the east, the rising silhouette of Shipley Hill provides a vantage point over this reclamation site, where the jagged edges of human intervention begin to soften under the encroaching scrub. Lodge House Surface Mine remains a reminder of the raw extraction that defined the regional economy, now slowly yielding to the persistence of wild grasses. Sunlight catches the ridges of the disturbed ground, highlighting the contrast between the deep, iron-rich earth and the pale, returning vegetation.
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About This Lodge House Surface Mine, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lodge House Surface Mine, 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 Lodge House Surface Mine includes coordinates 52.996332, -1.377723, 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 Lodge House Surface Mine is available on the Lodge House Surface Mine 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.