Mixon commands a singular, windswept elevation where the high Staffordshire sky seems to press down with an unyielding, crystalline clarity. It lies 3.5 miles east of Leek (from Leek: bearing 82°T, OS grid SK 043 572), and is situated north-north-west of Onecote village. Here, the earth belongs to the Peak District National Park, defining a rugged horizon where the gritstone holds the memory of ancient glacial movements. To the north-east, the ancient silhouette of the Bowl Barrow 450M South Of Hillside remains a silent sentinel, marking a landscape that has long favoured the quiet persistence of the upland grazier over the bustle of industry. Below the village, the land drops toward the hidden, silvered path of the River Hamps, which carves its way through the limestone with a patient, rhythmic indifference to the centuries. The light in Mixon possesses a peculiar, sharp quality, catching the edges of the drystone walls until they gleam like polished iron against the darkening moor. Such terrain demands a sturdy constitution from those who dwell upon its slopes, for the wind here carries the salt-less tang of high, exposed altitudes. Mixon persists as a place of stark, beautiful solitude, where the architecture of the farmstead bows to the prevailing westerly gales.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mixon, 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 Mixon includes coordinates 53.112841, -1.937109, 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 Mixon is available on the Mixon 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.