Almington claims a quiet corner of the Staffordshire landscape, where the earth holds the memory of ancient shifts and slow-moving time. It lies 1.7 miles east-north-east of Market Drayton (from Market Drayton: bearing 79°T, OS grid SJ 701 346), and is situated west-north-west of Hales village. The terrain here rises and falls with a rhythmic grace, caught between the quiet drift of the Hempmill Brook and the broader, historical reaches of the surrounding countryside. A short distance away, the Battle of Blore Heath 1459 marks the ground with a gravity that contrasts sharply with the serenity of the local meadows. Sunlight often catches the surface of Daisy Lake, casting a pale, reflective shimmer that seems to hold the sky in an unblinking gaze. Almington remains defined by its agricultural rhythms, where the soil dictates the pace of the day far more than the rush of modern transit. Hedgerows thicken along the lanes, acting as living walls that shelter the traveller from the open sweep of the Midlands wind. The air carries a crisp, clean clarity, untainted by the heavy industry that once defined the broader district.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Almington, Staffordshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Almington includes coordinates 52.908717, -2.444663, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Almington is available on the Almington map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Staffordshire 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.