Upper Tankersley commands a quiet dignity upon the rising ground of South Yorkshire, where the horizon sharpens against the grey northern light. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-west of Worsbrough (from Worsbrough: bearing 199°T, OS grid SK 339 995), and is situated south-west of Tankersley village. The landscape here retains a memory of industry, softened now by the encroachment of wild grasses and the persistent, low-slung clouds that drift across the valley. Below the ridge, the waters of Storrs Dike trace a silver path through the terrain, moving with a cold, rhythmic indifference towards the deeper hollows of Storrs Bottom. Historical remnants, such as the stone-wrought dovecote at Glebe Farm, stand as solitary anchors in a shifting agricultural expanse, their weathered surfaces holding the imprint of centuries of wind. Upper Tankersley possesses a stark, unadorned beauty that emerges when the sun catches the damp stone of the local walls, turning them a pale, translucent violet. Even the nearby Tankersley Garden of Rest offers a stillness that feels heavy and deliberate, grounding the modern pace of the district in a more ancient, geological time. This is a place where the earth feels thin, revealing a history etched into the very slope of the hills rather than in the architecture of the streets.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Tankersley, 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 Upper Tankersley includes coordinates 53.491878, -1.490458, 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 Upper Tankersley is available on the Upper Tankersley 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.