Gleadless Townend, South Yorkshire Weather
About Gleadless Townend, South Yorkshire
Gleadless Townend occupies a high, exposed ridge where the urban sprawl of South Yorkshire meets the thinning air of the hills. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-east of Sheffield (from Sheffield: bearing 147°T, OS grid SK 382 832), and is situated north-west of Ridgeway village. The geography here is defined by a sharp transition, as the hardened tarmac of suburban roads gives way to the sudden, cooling descent of Gleadless Valley. From the higher vantage points of Gleadless Townend, the light often catches the slate rooftops in a way that makes the entire landscape appear as if it were sketched in charcoal against a pale, bruised sky. To the west, the path toward the Meers Brook traces a line through land that has long since shed its industrial skin for a quieter, residential permanence. Residents walk toward the nearby expanse of Gleadless Common, where the grass grows coarse and silvered by the prevailing winds that sweep in from the Derbyshire border. The air carries a specific, metallic clarity, a reminder that the deep coal seams of the past still anchor the ground beneath these quiet streets. Time here does not rush; it simply accumulates, settling into the brickwork and the long, sloping gardens that overlook the distant, hazy horizon of the Peak District.
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About This Gleadless Townend, South Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gleadless Townend, 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 Gleadless Townend includes coordinates 53.344643, -1.4268, 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 Gleadless Townend is available on the Gleadless Townend 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.