New Whittington reveals its character through the steady incline of streets that climb away from the valley floor toward the Derbyshire horizon. It lies 2.3 miles west-north-west of Staveley (from Staveley: bearing 290°T, OS grid SK 397 757), and is situated south-east of Hundall village. Heavy industry once defined the labour of these slopes, leaving behind a resilient landscape where the persistent, cool light of the East Midlands catches on slate roofs and brickwork. The River Drone flows with a quiet, persistent energy to the west, carving a path through the earth that has long informed the local geography. Residents often walk the nearby paths where the public artwork Peaceful Slow offers a moment of stillness, its form echoing the quiet transition from industrial past to residential present. Beyond the rooftops, the terrain rises toward the modest prominence of Brock Hill, providing a vantage point that overlooks the interlocking rows of houses. New Whittington maintains a grounded presence, holding onto the grit of its coal-mining heritage while softening under the changing sky of the modern day. The air here carries the faint, sharp clarity of the hills, marking the boundary where the urban sprawl of Chesterfield finally gives way to the open, working countryside.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Whittington, 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 New Whittington includes coordinates 53.27746, -1.404783, 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 New Whittington is available on the New Whittington 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.