Towton, North Yorkshire Weather
About Towton, North Yorkshire
Towton gathers the grey light of North Yorkshire across its quiet fields, where the limestone soil holds the memory of a colder, more violent age. It lies 2.4 miles south of Tadcaster (from Tadcaster: bearing 178°T, OS grid SE 486 395), and is situated south-south-east of Stutton village. Beyond the modern road, the land rises toward Chapel Hill, a modest incline that oversees the passage of the seasons and the slow turning of the plough. The wind carries a thin, sharp edge across the open spaces, often catching the gnarled branches within Renshaw Woods before it settles into the lower ground. Beneath the soil of the surrounding pastures, the earth remains heavy with the weight of the Battle of Towton, a vast and silent legacy that defines the local horizon. The light here has a peculiar, washed-out clarity, revealing the stark geometry of the stone walls that partition the countryside into rigid, green squares. Towton maintains a stoic character, indifferent to the passing of centuries, as the horizon remains wide and largely untroubled by the clutter of the present day.
Flight conditions near Towton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Towton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Towton, North Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Towton, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Towton includes coordinates 53.849765, -1.262429, 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 Towton is available on the Towton 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.