Jordan remains a quiet witness to the shifting contours of South Yorkshire’s industrial heritage. It lies 1.7 miles west of Rotherham (from Rotherham: bearing 266°T, OS grid SK 402 926). The landscape here holds the ghost of ancient engineering, where the Roman Ridge stretches its earthworks like a sleeping dragon across the northern horizon. Below these historic embankments, the land slopes towards the steady, dark pulse of Holmes Goit, a waterway that once mirrored the soot and sweat of local labour. Jordan sits amidst this transition, where the crisp air of the northern hills meets the persistent memory of coal and steel. The earth here feels heavy with the weight of centuries, yet it breathes anew as greenery reclaims the scars left by former furnaces. Sunlight catches the edge of the Kimberworth Manor Moated Site, casting long, contemplative shadows over the flat, silent ground that remains from a more defensive age. These fragments of history serve as a grounding anchor for Jordan, grounding it firmly between the ambition of the past and the simple, quiet persistence of the present day.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jordan, 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 Jordan includes coordinates 53.428836, -1.395011, 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 Jordan is available on the Jordan 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.