Hawks Stones, West Yorkshire Weather
About Hawks Stones, West Yorkshire
Hawks Stones commands a rugged vantage point amidst the high, windswept moors of the Calderdale district. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-west of Todmorden (from Todmorden: bearing 334°T, OS grid SD 921 273), and is situated west of Blackshaw Head village. The landscape surrounding Hawks Stones is defined by the austere beauty of gritstone outcrops and the relentless scouring of the upland winds. To the west, the ancient stone of Mount Cross serves as a silent sentinel, marking a path that has guided travellers across these desolate heights for centuries. Below the hamlet, the waters of Dry Syke carve a sharp, narrow channel through the peat, feeding the deeper shadows of the valley floor. The light here possesses a singular, piercing clarity, often bleaching the colour from the heather until the hills appear as monochromatic sketches against the vast northern sky. Hawks Stones remains a place of sparse, hard-won endurance, where the architecture of the farmsteads reflects the stubborn geology of the earth beneath them. Every boundary wall and dry stone enclosure serves as a quiet record of the labour required to claim a living from this exposed, unforgiving terrain.
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About This Hawks Stones, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawks Stones, West Yorkshire, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hawks Stones includes coordinates 53.742316, -2.120999, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Hawks Stones is available on the Hawks Stones map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West Yorkshire 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.