Ford, Staffordshire Weather
About Ford, Staffordshire
Ford reveals itself as a quiet collection of stone dwellings scattered across the rugged, high-altitude terrain of the Staffordshire Moorlands. It lies 5.0 miles east-south-east of Leek (from Leek: bearing 108°T, OS grid SK 063 539), and is situated south-east of Onecote village. This remote cluster of homes sits entirely within the protected expanse of the Peak District National Park, where the horizon feels vast and untamed. To the north-west, the River Hamps carves a restless path through the limestone, its waters occasionally catching a silver light that mirrors the pale, exposed rock of the surrounding hills. Farmers here work a landscape defined by ancient boundaries and the slow, persistent growth of heather and gorse. Further to the south-east, the silent presence of the Grub Low Bowl Barrow serves as a stark reminder of the long-dead generations who once moved across these same wind-swept ridges. Ford remains a place where the weather dictates the pace of life, and the evening shadows lengthen quickly against the stark, unadorned walls of the local buildings. Every breath of wind that rolls over the moorland seems to carry the scent of damp earth and coming rain, grounding Ford in the immutable geology of the region.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ford, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ford, 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 Ford includes coordinates 53.082959, -1.905981, 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 Ford is available on the Ford 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.