Townhead, Staffordshire Weather
About Townhead, Staffordshire
Townhead commands a high, rugged vantage point where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of limestone and distant rain. It lies 6.1 miles east-north-east of Leek (from Leek: bearing 76°T, OS grid SK 082 588), and is situated north-west of Warslow village. The landscape here falls within the protected expanse of the Peak District National Park, where the horizon broadens into a vast, undulating tapestry of gritstone and heather. Ancient traces of human presence linger in the earth, most notably the Blake Low Bowl Barrow, which sits as a silent, grassy sentinel just a short distance to the east. Below the slopes, the waters of the Warslow Brook carve a persistent path through the valley floor, offering a low, rhythmic counterpoint to the stillness of the moorland air. To the east, the rugged silhouette of Ecton Hill rises, a reminder of the industrial veins of copper that once pulsed beneath these quiet fields. Townhead maintains a character defined by this stark, open geography, where the quality of light shifts rapidly across the slopes, turning the dry stone walls into ribbons of grey and silver. The terrain demands a quiet resilience from those who walk its paths, rewarding them with an expansive view that stretches toward the brooding, beautiful crest of Revidge.
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Live animated radar for Townhead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Townhead, Staffordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Townhead, 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 Townhead includes coordinates 53.126881, -1.87779, 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 Townhead is available on the Townhead 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.