Long Compton, Staffordshire Weather
About Long Compton, Staffordshire
Long Compton persists as a quiet enclave of fields and scattered dwellings within the Stafford district of Staffordshire. It lies 4.1 miles west of Stafford (from Stafford: bearing 265°T, OS grid SJ 857 225), and is situated south of Ranton village. The landscape surrounding Long Compton remains defined by the patient, low-lying currents of the nearby Butterbank Brook, which threads through the heavy clay soil with a silver, serpentine indifference. Beyond the immediate horizon, the skeletal remains of Ranton Priory offer a stark, stony reminder of an Augustinian past, casting long shadows across the fields as the afternoon sun begins to fail. Farmers here work the land with a rhythmic persistence, their tractors often cutting lonely figures against the wide, unvarnished sky of the West Midlands. To the north, the Hextall Moated Site preserves an older, quieter history, its waters holding the reflections of clouds that drift slowly toward the horizon. Long Compton breathes in the cool, damp air that rises from the low meadows, maintaining a solitude that feels entirely unconcerned with the hurried pace of the modern world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Long Compton, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Compton, 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 Long Compton includes coordinates 52.800559, -2.213333, 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 Long Compton is available on the Long Compton 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.