Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire Weather
About Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire
Barton-under-Needwood retains a quiet gravity, its red-brick architecture holding the low, grey light of the Staffordshire sky in a long, steady gaze. It lies 4.5 miles south-west of Burton upon Trent (from Burton upon Trent: bearing 229°T, OS grid SK 186 186), and is situated east-south-east of Barton Gate village. To the north, the water of The Pool reflects the shifting clouds, offering a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic turnover of the nearby farmland. The landscape around Barton-under-Needwood is defined by these pockets of water and the subtle rise of Silver Hill, which breaks the horizon with a modest, earthen authority. St James' Church stands as a focal point of the local geography, its fifteenth-century masonry anchoring the surrounding streets against the erosion of changing decades. The local economy now turns on a mix of independent trade and agriculture, shedding the heavy industrial skin that once defined much of the county. Footpaths wind through the fields toward ancient earthworks, where the land suggests a history marked not by grand declarations, but by the persistent labour of those who worked the soil. Even in the modern day, the silence that settles over the lanes after dusk feels heavy, as if the ground itself is listening to the passage of wind through the trees.
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About This Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barton-under-Needwood, 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 Barton-under-Needwood includes coordinates 52.765232, -1.725726, 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 Barton-under-Needwood is available on the Barton-under-Needwood 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.