Cortworth remains a quiet pocket of South Yorkshire, defined by the steady, unpretentious geography of the Rotherham district. It lies 2.4 miles west-north-west of Rawmarsh (from Rawmarsh: bearing 298°T, OS grid SK 401 981), and is situated east of Wentworth village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular patience, carrying the weight of ancient earth beneath modest modern lanes. To the southwest, the immense, pale facade of Wentworth Woodhouse anchors the horizon, its scale lending an air of aristocratic gravity to the surrounding fields. Cortworth sits in the shadow of this great house, where the low-angled sun catches the chimney pots and turns the slate roofs to the colour of bruised plums. Just half a mile to the south, the slopes of Temple Hill draw the eye upward, breaking the flat monotony of the horizon with a gentle, grassy swell. The air here holds a crisp, metallic edge, a lingering resonance from the industrial heritage that once churned through the valleys of the north. Every fence line and stone boundary in Cortworth speaks to a long, slow negotiation between the farmer’s hand and the stubborn, clay-heavy soil.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cortworth, 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 Cortworth includes coordinates 53.478265, -1.39696, 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 Cortworth is available on the Cortworth 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.