Rowland emerges from the limestone plateau of the Derbyshire Dales as a quiet collection of stone dwellings that seem to hold the memory of the earth itself. It lies 2.5 miles north of Bakewell (from Bakewell: bearing 355°T, OS grid SK 213 725), and is situated north-east of Great Longstone village. This hamlet sits securely within the Peak District National Park, where the light often catches the pale, weathered gritstone of its walls with a singular, sharp clarity. To the north, the landscape bears the ghost of human industry, where a group of three lead working coes, a shaft and a dressing floor on Longstone Edge mark the site of a subterranean wealth once pulled from the veins of the hill. The air here carries the bracing openness of the high ground, a stark contrast to the sheltered, verdant valleys that define much of the surrounding region. Travellers looking toward the north-west often find their gaze drawn to the rugged, exposed ridge of Longstone Edge, which dominates the horizon like a natural rampart. Rowland maintains a restrained, singular character, defined not by grand monuments but by the enduring relationship between its grey masonry and the expansive, windswept sky above. Each lane in Rowland offers a perspective on a geography shaped as much by the ancient extraction of minerals as by the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural life.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rowland, 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 Rowland includes coordinates 53.249099, -1.681356, 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 Rowland is available on the Rowland 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.