Croxden, Staffordshire Weather
About Croxden, Staffordshire
Croxden reveals itself as a quiet assembly of stone and pasture, defined by the slow, deliberate pace of the Staffordshire countryside. It lies 4.1 miles east-south-east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 121°T, OS grid SK 067 396), and is situated east-north-east of Hollington village. The skeletal remains of Croxden Abbey dominate the immediate landscape, where the jagged masonry of the former Cistercian house catches the low, golden light of the afternoon sun. Beyond the ruins, the fields slope toward the gentle, winding course of the Croxden Brook, which marks the edge of the parish with a persistent, soft murmur. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and crushed grass, a sensory reminder of the agrarian labour that has long shaped the surrounding soil. To the west, the presence of the Greatgate Whipping Post serves as a stark, solitary reminder of a past where public order was maintained through local spectacle. In this corner of the West Midlands, the horizon remains wide and unobstructed, allowing the shifting clouds to paint transient shadows across the rolling fields. Croxden remains a place where the weight of historical architecture is balanced by the indifferent, seasonal growth of the hedgerows and the quiet persistence of the land.
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About This Croxden, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Croxden, 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 Croxden includes coordinates 52.954473, -1.90157, 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 Croxden is available on the Croxden 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.