Shawfield, Staffordshire Weather
About Shawfield, Staffordshire
Shawfield remains a remote cluster of dwellings defined by the austere beauty of the Staffordshire Moorlands. It lies 5.5 miles east-north-east of Leek (from Leek: bearing 57°T, OS grid SK 061 612), and is situated north-west of Warslow village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, open skies of the Peak District National Park, where the wind carries a sharp, cleansing chill across the high gritstone plateaus. To the west, the landscape is marked by the ancient earthworks of the Merryton Low Bowl Barrow, which stands as a silent sentinel over the rolling terrain. Shawfield benefits from a rugged isolation that keeps the modern clamour at a distance, allowing the quiet trickle of the nearby Blake Brook to serve as the primary soundtrack to the day. The light in this corner of the world often turns a bruised, melancholic purple before dusk, highlighting the stark geometry of the stone walls that partition the fields. These drystone boundaries trace the contours of the earth with a precision that suggests a long, hard-won history of pastoral labour. Beyond the immediate vicinity, the rising silhouette of Revidge looms to the south-east, grounding Shawfield within a wider, imposing geography of moor and sky.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shawfield, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shawfield, 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 Shawfield includes coordinates 53.148312, -1.91001, 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 Shawfield is available on the Shawfield 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.