Staxton reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings caught between the flat plains and the rising chalk slopes of the Wolds. It lies 5.9 miles south-south-west of Scarborough (from Scarborough: bearing 194°T, OS grid TA 020 792), and is situated east of Willerby village. The land here holds the quiet weight of antiquity, where the earth has long kept the secrets of the Hospital of St Mary, a site where medieval pilgrims once sought rest. To the south, the dense canopy of Staxton Brow marks the transition from open arable fields to the steep, wooded escarpments that define the horizon. The light often lingers upon these ridges, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to pull the sky closer to the soil. Farmers have worked these particular acres for generations, their machinery marking the turning seasons against the backdrop of the hills. Further to the east, the hollow of Snevver Scar offers a sheltered path for the wind to weave through the limestone crags. Staxton remains a place of steady endurance, where the stillness of the landscape is interrupted only by the seasonal drift of rooks above the hedgerows.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Staxton, North Yorkshire, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Staxton includes coordinates 54.198987, -0.436762, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Staxton is available on the Staxton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the North Yorkshire 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.