Old Brampton, Derbyshire Weather
About Old Brampton, Derbyshire
Old Brampton emerges from the rising terrain of North East Derbyshire like a slow, deliberate thought held in the throat of the hills. It lies 2.9 miles west of Chesterfield (from Chesterfield: bearing 279°T, OS grid SK 335 719), and is situated south-south-west of Cutthorpe village. The light here has a peculiar, thin clarity, catching the grey stone of the parish church and casting long, sharp shadows across the quiet lanes. To the north, the water of the Linacre Reservoirs gathers in three distinct, mirrored tiers, held back by dams that have long since resigned themselves to the encroaching moss. A walk toward the nearby Linacre Wood reveals the skeletal remains of the old lead smelt mill, where the earth still remembers the heat of long-extinguished furnaces. Old Brampton maintains a stillness that feels heavy with the weight of centuries, unbothered by the frantic pulse of the nearby market town. The wind carries a faint, sharp scent of damp bracken and stone, a reminder that the wild moorland is never truly far from the doorstep. Life in Old Brampton follows the slow arc of the seasons, dictated by the turning of the soil and the persistent, low-hanging mist that clings to the valley floor.
Flight conditions near Old Brampton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Old Brampton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Old Brampton, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Brampton, 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 Old Brampton includes coordinates 53.243144, -1.499409, 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 Old Brampton is available on the Old Brampton 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.