Upper Town, Derbyshire Weather
About Upper Town, Derbyshire
Upper Town emerges from the limestone plateau of the Derbyshire Dales as a collection of quiet stone dwellings that hold the light of the low sun with a particular, pale intensity. It lies 3.5 miles west-south-west of Wirksworth (from Wirksworth: bearing 246°T, OS grid SK 235 517), and is situated north of Hognaston village. The land here slopes away in long, disciplined ridges, shaped by ancient agricultural cycles that leave the fields exposed to the biting winds of the Pennines. A short walk toward the reservoir reveals the Carsington Water Visitor Centre, where the vast, artificial horizon offers a stark contrast to the small-scale, irregular boundaries of the local dry-stone walls. Beyond these man-made edges, the Wall Lands Sssi preserves a fragile, chalky wildness that has survived the encroachment of modern industry. Upper Town remains defined by the austere, grey palette of its architecture, which seems to absorb the damp, shifting mists rolling in from the nearby hills. The atmosphere carries a heavy, deliberate silence, broken only by the sharp call of lapwings navigating the open sky above the pasture. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the gradual weathering of gritstone masonry and the seasonal turning of the surrounding sheep-grazed slopes.
Flight conditions near Upper Town. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Upper Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Town, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Town, 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 Town includes coordinates 53.062267, -1.650414, 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 Town is available on the Upper Town 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.