Rastrick, West Yorkshire Weather
About Rastrick, West Yorkshire
Rastrick commands a rugged prominence above the Calder Valley, where the stone buildings absorb the shifting grey light of the West Yorkshire sky. It lies 0.9 miles south-south-west of Brighouse (from Brighouse: bearing 205°T, OS grid SE 136 215), and is situated east of Elland Lower Edge village. The terrain here rises with a deliberate, muscular intent, shaped by the industrial pulse that once defined this elevation. A quiet solemnity clings to the ancient Anglo Saxon Cross Base, where the weathered stone serves as a silent anchor to a landscape long preoccupied with the toil of mills and looms. Below the higher ridges, the valley of Cromwell Bottom unfolds with a damp, verdant richness that contrasts sharply with the austere grit of the local architecture. Rastrick maintains a stoic character, its streets following the natural contours of the hillside rather than the convenience of a grid. The persistence of the past is felt in the churchyard of St Matthew’s, where an Anglian High Cross fragment stands as a lonely sentinel against the encroaching modern bustle. Here, the air carries a crisp, thin quality, reminding those who walk its paths that they occupy the high ground between the heavy, industrious hum of the valley floor and the open moorland beyond.
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About This Rastrick, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rastrick, 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 Rastrick includes coordinates 53.690079, -1.794306, 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 Rastrick is available on the Rastrick 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.