Blacker Hill, South Yorkshire Weather
About Blacker Hill, South Yorkshire
Blacker Hill surveys the steady, rolling expanse of the South Yorkshire landscape from its vantage point above the Barnsley coalfields. It lies 1.5 miles south-east of Worsbrough (from Worsbrough: bearing 143°T, OS grid SE 368 020), and is situated north-north-west of Platts Common village. The eponymous Blacker Hill rises sharply to the north-east, catching the pale, slanted light of winter afternoons that turns the horizon a bruised, metallic purple. Below these slopes, the waters of Blacker Dike navigate the heavy earth, carving a modest path through the clay that speaks of long-forgotten industry. Ancient echoes remain in the nearby Romano-British settlements, where the soil holds the quiet memory of those who first broke this ground. The air here carries a clarity born of open space, far removed from the clamour of the larger neighbouring towns. Blacker Hill retains a grounded, stoic character, shaped by the weight of its subterranean history and the vast, unyielding sky.
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About This Blacker Hill, South Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blacker Hill, South 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Blacker Hill includes coordinates 53.514196, -1.445929, in the county of South Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Blacker Hill is available on the Blacker Hill map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the South 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.