Catcliffe retains a sturdy, industrial character that persists despite the changing tides of modern development. It lies 2.7 miles south of Rotherham (from Rotherham: bearing 186°T, OS grid SK 425 885), and is situated north-west of Treeton village. The silhouette of the Catcliffe Glass Cone dominates the skyline, a brick sentinel that once breathed fire for the local glass industry and now serves as a quiet monument to a bygone era of intensive labour. Sunlight often catches the weathered brickwork of this structure, casting long, melancholic shadows across the neighbouring paths that lead toward the River Rother. To the north-west, White Hill rises as a modest but constant presence, grounding the landscape in a geological permanence that predates the soot and brick of the nineteenth century. The air here carries a faint, lingering memory of the kilns, a subtle weight that informs the movement of the local winds. Catcliffe maintains this stoic balance between its heavy manufacturing heritage and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding South Yorkshire fields. Such places possess a gravity of their own, demanding that the observer look past the utility of the architecture to see the endurance of the people who shaped it.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Catcliffe, 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 Catcliffe includes coordinates 53.391943, -1.361565, 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 Catcliffe is available on the Catcliffe 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.