Hansley Cross, Staffordshire Weather
About Hansley Cross, Staffordshire
Hansley Cross commands a modest elevation where the Staffordshire Moorlands begin to surrender their rugged character to the softening influence of the Churnet Valley. It lies 3.1 miles east of Cheadle (from Cheadle: bearing 98°T, OS grid SK 060 424), and is situated west of Alton village. The landscape here breathes with a cool, open quality, defined by stone-walled pastures that hold the morning frost long after the lowlands have thawed. To the north, the weathered gritstone of Painter’s Rock protrudes from the earth like the spine of some ancient, buried creature, watching over the quiet lanes. Hansley Cross retains a singular stillness, where the wind carries the faint, damp scent of the nearby Dimmings Dale woodland. Further east, the sharp silhouette of Toothill Rock marks the horizon, catching the amber light of dusk in a way that turns the heather to copper. Life in Hansley Cross follows the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, dictated more by the unpredictable temperament of the moorland weather than by the hurried pulse of the modern world.
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About This Hansley Cross, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hansley Cross, 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 Hansley Cross includes coordinates 52.979148, -1.911865, 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 Hansley Cross is available on the Hansley Cross 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.