Gentleshaw, Staffordshire Weather
About Gentleshaw, Staffordshire
Gentleshaw rises from the Staffordshire landscape with a quiet, rugged endurance that defies the encroaching sprawl of modern industry. It lies 1.8 miles north-north-west of Burntwood (from Burntwood: bearing 339°T, OS grid SK 052 116), and is situated south-east of Cannock Wood village. The terrain here is defined by the sandy, heathland soils of Gentleshaw Common SSSi, where the low-slung scrubland catches the pale, northern light in sharp, silvered flashes. A short distance to the north-west, the skeletal remains of The Old Windmill stand as a lonely sentinel against the horizon, watching over the slow drift of clouds. The land possesses a subtle, bruised beauty, particularly as the sun dips low and casts long, violet shadows across the uneven earth. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the nearby Castle Ring, where the ancient, multivallate earthworks offer a vantage point over the heather and gorse. Gentleshaw keeps its own counsel, maintaining a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pulse of the nearby motorway network. It is a place where the wind carries the scent of pine and damp grit, grounding the spirit in the raw, unadorned reality of the Midlands plateau.
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About This Gentleshaw, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gentleshaw, 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 Gentleshaw includes coordinates 52.702812, -1.923017, 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 Gentleshaw is available on the Gentleshaw 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.