Stone Edge emerges from the rolling topography of North East Derbyshire as a quiet testament to the enduring interplay between human industry and the stubborn endurance of the gritstone landscape. It lies 3.9 miles south-west of Chesterfield (from Chesterfield: bearing 229°T, OS grid SK 334 670), and is situated south of Holymoorside village. The light here seems to catch differently upon the rugged slopes, illuminating a terrain that has long been defined by the extraction and processing of lead. Just a short distance away, the Stone Edge Smelt Mill At Moss Farm stands as a weathered monument, its skeletal stone walls offering a stark, silent narrative of a past tethered to the furnace and the flue. Beyond these remnants, the land rises toward the heights of Hunger Hill, where the wind carries a sharp, unadorned clarity that strips the horizon of any unnecessary artifice. Stone Edge remains a place where the boundary between the wild expanse and the remnants of industrial ambition feels remarkably thin. The Holymoorside & Walton South Boundary Stone serves as a humble marker in this transition, grounding the geography in a history of local demarcation. Such features lend Stone Edge a gravity that persists long after the fires of the old mills have been extinguished.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stone Edge, 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 Stone Edge includes coordinates 53.199875, -1.500228, 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 Stone Edge is available on the Stone Edge 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.