Upper Loads, Derbyshire Weather
About Upper Loads, Derbyshire
Upper Loads marks a quiet convergence of gritstone and pasture on the edge of the Peak District. It lies 4.2 miles west-south-west of Chesterfield (from Chesterfield: bearing 257°T, OS grid SK 315 695), and is situated south of Wadshelf village. Cold winds often scour these slopes, carrying the scent of damp earth and the ancient stillness of high ground. To the south, the earth holds the ghost of human industry, where the Red Lead Mill, Lead Smelt Mill, and Corn Mill once harnessed the water to grind and smelt the heavy ores of the earth. These remnants lie in quiet decay, their stones slowly returning to the moorland that long ago dictated the pace of life here. Further south, the Cairnfield 390M South Of Syda Farm stands as a silent monitor of the prehistoric pulse that beats beneath the modern grazing lines. Light here has a sharp, pale quality, catching the edges of drystone walls that divide the fields into irregular, weathered puzzles. Upper Loads remains a place where the horizon feels vast, indifferent, and beautifully heavy with the weight of its own long, stony memory.
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About This Upper Loads, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Loads, 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 Upper Loads includes coordinates 53.222246, -1.528485, 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 Upper Loads is available on the Upper Loads 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.