Oversetts, Derbyshire Weather
About Oversetts, Derbyshire
Oversetts remains a quiet corner of the Derbyshire landscape, where the heavy, clay-rich earth quietly hums with the memory of its industrial past. It lies 1.3 miles west-north-west of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 298°T, OS grid SK 280 206), and is situated north-east of Stanton village. The horizon here is defined not by mountain peaks, but by the grounded, enduring remnants of coal extraction that once animated the entire district. Nearby, the rusted iron of the Bretby Colliery Winding House stands as a silent sentinel, its skeletal frame catching the pale, thin light of a winter afternoon. Oversetts shares the rolling horizon with the Cadley Memorial Winding Wheel, an elevation that offers a wide, sombre perspective over the tiled roofs and green, scrub-brushed slopes below. The air carries a crisp, cooling clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the hedgerows and the quiet, persistent geometry of the local lanes. In the gentle stillness of the late day, the shadows stretch long and thin, tracing the contours of a land that has traded its subterranean fires for a slow, suburban composure. This geography, scarred yet softening, reveals a character defined by the calm, steady transition from extraction to a simple, unadorned peace.
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About This Oversetts, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oversetts, 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 Oversetts includes coordinates 52.782497, -1.585051, 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 Oversetts is available on the Oversetts 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.