Pleasley retains a quiet, stoic dignity as it watches the shifting light move across the limestone slopes of the Derbyshire border. It lies 2.3 miles west-north-west of Mansfield Woodhouse (from Mansfield Woodhouse: bearing 284°T, OS grid SK 503 642), and is situated south-south-east of New Houghton village. The dark, imposing headstocks of Pleasley Colliery stand as a sentinel of a former industrial age, their iron silhouettes cutting sharply into the pale afternoon sky. Beyond these remnants, Pleasley Pit Country Park offers a reclaimed sanctuary where grasses now soften the scars of deep-earth extraction. The landscape here is defined by the steady, rhythmic persistence of the terrain, which rises and falls with a measured, geological patience. Pleasley Cross remains as an ancient marker, grounding the modern road in the long, silent memory of the past. Water still shapes the character of the surroundings, as the nearby flow of the Merril Sick carves its path through the limestone bedrock. Every lane and hedgerow suggests a place that has learned to live comfortably with the weight of its own history.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pleasley, 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 Pleasley includes coordinates 53.173036, -1.247482, 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 Pleasley is available on the Pleasley 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.