Cauldon breathes under a vast, open sky where the limestone earth holds the memory of ancient, shifting seas. It lies 5.8 miles north-east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 48°T, OS grid SK 079 493), and is situated south of Waterhouses village. The light here possesses a peculiar clarity, sharpening the edges of the drystone walls that trace the boundaries of the high, windswept fields. Just a short distance to the south-west, the Caldon Low SSSI reveals a scarred, industrial geology that has slowly surrendered to the patient reclamation of wildflowers and hardy grasses. Cauldon keeps its secrets in the quiet folds of the landscape, where the heavy, silent presence of the Cauldon Railway Cutting SSSI serves as a rusted monument to a vanished era of steam and heavy freight. Nearby, the rounded, grass-covered hump of the Stonesteads Bowl Barrow rises from the turf like a slumbering beast, undisturbed by the modern world. Life in Cauldon follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the moorland, indifferent to the urgent pace of the valleys below. The wind carries a faint, persistent chill even in summer, reminding those who walk these ridges that they are merely guests of the high plateau.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cauldon, 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 Cauldon includes coordinates 53.041453, -1.882357, 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 Cauldon is available on the Cauldon 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.