Blackfords, Staffordshire Weather
About Blackfords, Staffordshire
Blackfords reveals itself as a quiet suburban expanse bordering the rugged, heather-dusted expanse of the Cannock Chase district. It lies 0.7 miles north-east of Cannock (from Cannock: bearing 42°T, OS grid SJ 986 111). The light here often catches the incline of Calving Hill to the south-west, casting long, bruised shadows across the residential streets as the afternoon wanes. Residents of Blackfords live within reach of the tranquil, reed-fringed waters of Mill Green Nature Park, where the air holds a persistent, damp chill even in the height of summer. The landscape bears the marks of a region once defined by the deep, subterranean pulse of coal mining, though now the pits have surrendered to a stillness that feels almost heavy. Houses follow the gentle rise of the terrain, their brickwork weathering into a soft, muted grey under the persistent Staffordshire sky. Despite the proximity to the bustling heart of Cannock, the pace of life in Blackfords remains tethered to the rhythm of the changing seasons rather than the frantic ticking of a clock. Every chimney pot and garden fence seems to wait for the evening mist, which rolls in from the nearby heath to soften the sharp edges of the suburban grid.
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About This Blackfords, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackfords, 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 Blackfords includes coordinates 52.697927, -2.021191, 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 Blackfords is available on the Blackfords 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.