West Broughton, Derbyshire Weather
About West Broughton, Derbyshire
West Broughton emerges from the flat, industrious agricultural plains of the Derbyshire Dales as a quiet cluster of brick and timber. It lies 3.2 miles east of Uttoxeter (from Uttoxeter: bearing 94°T, OS grid SK 143 331), and is situated west of Oaks Green village. Shallow light catches the low-lying fields here, where the land holds a persistent, damp memory of the water that feeds the nearby Brocksford Brook. Beyond the immediate hedgerows, the horizon opens into a wide, pale sky that dictates the pace of the working day. West Broughton maintains a stoic independence, distanced from the more manicured grandeur of the 279-hectare historic park at Sudbury Hall just to the east. The terrain remains largely featureless to the casual eye, yet it possesses a heavy, clay-rich soil that has long tethered the local economy to the rhythms of the plough. Even in the quietest hours, one can sense the subtle pull of the distant valleys, where the landscape begins to wrinkle and gather itself toward the north. These roads remain solitary, carved through a geography that values the functional over the ornamental.
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About This West Broughton, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Broughton, 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 West Broughton includes coordinates 52.895473, -1.788169, 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 West Broughton is available on the West Broughton 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.