Pye Bridge, Derbyshire Weather
About Pye Bridge, Derbyshire
Pye Bridge occupies a low-lying crease in the Derbyshire landscape, where the cold, metallic glint of the Erewash River traces the boundary between counties. It lies 2.6 miles south-east of Alfreton (from Alfreton: bearing 134°T, OS grid SK 441 529), and is situated north-north-east of Ironville village. The horizon here is dominated by the heavy, slumbering mass of Pye Hill, which rises half a mile to the south as if to anchor the skyline against the shifting grey clouds. Below these heights, the water of the nearby Codnorpark Reservoir holds the sky in a flat, obsidian mirror, reflecting the transition from industrial grit to the quietude of the reeds. Pye Bridge maintains a stark, honest character, shaped by the legacy of canals and railway lines that once pulled the pulse of the coalfields through its centre. The air carries the faint, lingering memory of iron and steam, though the land now returns to a stillness punctuated only by the sudden, sharp cry of a circling crow. From the vantage of the nearby Pingle Hill, the rooftops of Pye Bridge appear as scattered, utilitarian stones against the sprawling green of the valley floor. It is a place where the earth seems to hold its breath, caught between the utility of its past and the slow, rhythmic reclamation of the surrounding fields.
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About This Pye Bridge, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pye Bridge, 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 Pye Bridge includes coordinates 53.071706, -1.342354, 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 Pye Bridge is available on the Pye Bridge 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.