Colshaw, Staffordshire Weather
About Colshaw, Staffordshire
Colshaw anchors itself to the high, rugged spine of the Staffordshire Moorlands, where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of crushed heather and gritstone. It lies 3.6 miles south-south-west of Buxton (from Buxton: bearing 197°T, OS grid SK 040 676), and is situated south of Ladmanlow village. The horizon here is vast and indifferent, dominated by the brooding presence of Willshaw Hill, which casts long, indigo shadows across the pastures as the afternoon light begins to fail. Colshaw occupies a quiet corner of the Peak District National Park, inheriting the ancient, weather-beaten temperament of these limestone uplands. To the east, the fragile, lime-rich turf of Colshaw Pastures SSSI supports a quiet, botanical resilience that has persisted through cycles of grazing and frost. The land does not yield easily to the plough, preferring instead to hold its secrets within the hollows and the stubborn, rocky outcrops that break the surface like the bones of the earth. Every stone wall marking the perimeter of Colshaw serves as a testament to the patient, calloused hands that once tamed this wild, high-altitude terrain. Here, the silence is not an absence of sound, but a heavy, watchful presence that settles over the moorland long before the sun disappears behind the hills.
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About This Colshaw, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colshaw, 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 Colshaw includes coordinates 53.205528, -1.940972, 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 Colshaw is available on the Colshaw 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.