Madeley, Staffordshire Weather
About Madeley, Staffordshire
Madeley emerges from the Staffordshire landscape as a quiet confluence of pastoral tradition and industrial endurance, shaped by the steady, dark pulse of its local geography. It lies 4.7 miles west of Newcastle-under-Lyme (from Newcastle-under-Lyme: bearing 262°T, OS grid SJ 772 449), and is situated north-east of Onneley village. The earth here holds the memory of coal seams that once dictated the rhythm of daily labour, their legacy lingering in the quiet, reflective surface of Madeley Pool. Where the coal once defined the economy, the land now settles into a subdued agricultural grace, framed by the persistent, silver-edged flow of Hazeley Brook.
Stone ruins near the old moated manor grounds offer a brittle, silent contrast to the modern vitality of the local educational institutions that now define the horizon. The silhouette of Heighley Castle remains a jagged fracture against the sky, a reminder of medieval turbulence that has long since surrendered to the encroaching ivy and the soft, grey light of the West Midlands. Sir John Betjeman, who held a deep affection for the architectural sincerity of such places, would have recognised the stoic character embedded in the local parish church and its surrounding lanes. It is a place where the weight of the past is measured not in grand monuments, but in the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across the fields.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Madeley, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Madeley, 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 Madeley includes coordinates 53.001724, -2.339821, 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 Madeley is available on the Madeley 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.