Ughill commands a rugged, upland ridge where the winds of South Yorkshire scour the stone with a persistent, cold clarity. It lies 5.1 miles south of Stocksbridge (from Stocksbridge: bearing 189°T, OS grid SK 257 903), and is situated south-south-west of Low Bradfield village. The landscape surrounding Ughill tilts sharply toward the deep, shadowed creases of Royds Clough, where the earth seems to hold its breath beneath the weight of heavy, grey clouds. Water defines the character of the terrain, as the thin, insistent trickle of Wet Shaw Dike carves its way through the pastureland toward the valley floor. To the east, the vast, still expanse of Damflask Reservoir reflects a pale sky, acting as a mirror for the shifting light that defines these high, exposed fields. Cattle graze with a stoic indifference to the weather, their forms often blurred by the sudden, sweeping mists that roll in from the moorland edge. Ughill remains a place of sparse, hard-won beauty, where the horizon feels vast and the silence is only broken by the distant, rhythmic lowing of livestock. Every dry-stone wall here serves as a testament to the endurance of those who first cleared these stubborn, rocky slopes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ughill, 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 Ughill includes coordinates 53.409752, -1.613651, 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 Ughill is available on the Ughill 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.