Mount Pleasant, Derbyshire Weather
About Mount Pleasant, Derbyshire
Mount Pleasant captures the modest, unassuming character of the South Derbyshire landscape, where the horizon is defined more by the legacy of coal than by dramatic peaks. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-west of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 204°T, OS grid SK 288 170), and is situated east-south-east of High Cross Bank village. The light here often feels thin and pale, casting long shadows across the fields toward the Linton Heath Sign, a quiet marker of the local boundaries that have shifted little over the generations. Mount Pleasant maintains a peripheral stillness, far removed from the clamour of larger hubs, yet it remains tethered to the industrial history of the surrounding collieries. A short distance to the north-west, the earth bears the faint, grassed-over memory of the Castle Gresley Motte And Bailey Castle, a reminder of a much older, more martial occupation of this ground. The air carries the faint, persistent scent of damp earth and cooling brick, a sensory signature of a region that once built the hearths of the nation. Even as the modern world encroaches, the village retains a stubborn, solitary focus, watching the seasons turn over the neighbouring slopes. It is a place that asks for little attention, preferring to exist in the quiet intervals between the busier roads of the East Midlands.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Mount Pleasant, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant includes coordinates 52.75016, -1.574366, 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 Mount Pleasant is available on the Mount Pleasant 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.