Cotton, Staffordshire Weather
About Cotton, Staffordshire
Cotton emerges from the Staffordshire Moorlands as a collection of stone and slate held fast against the rising currents of the Churnet Valley. It lies 3.7 miles east-north-east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 65°T, OS grid SK 065 456), and is situated east-north-east of Oakamoor village. The light here catches the high, open ridges, illuminating the rugged transition where the plateau breaks into the deep, shaded hollows of Cotton Dell. Waters from the nearby Cotton Brook trace a restless path through the limestone, carving a quiet depth into the earth that feels older than the surrounding fields. Above the damp floor of the valley, the skeletal ruins of Cotton College remain as a brittle sentinel, watching over the slow reclamation of the masonry by ivy and wind. The nearby Star Wood anchors the horizon with its dense canopy, offering a dark contrast to the pale, shifting skies that define this elevated terrain. Throughout the day, the wind carries a sharp, clean scent of crushed bracken and wet stone across the undulating pastures. Cotton holds a gravity born of its isolation, remaining a place where the landscape dictates the pace of the seasons rather than the ambitions of men.
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About This Cotton, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cotton, 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 Cotton includes coordinates 53.007737, -1.904192, 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 Cotton is available on the Cotton 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.