Shelley, West Yorkshire Weather
About Shelley, West Yorkshire
Stone houses of gritstone and slate define the horizon of Shelley, where the wind carries the restless spirit of the Pennine ridges. It lies 4.3 miles east-north-east of Holmfirth (from Holmfirth: bearing 65°T, OS grid SE 205 111), and is situated south-south-east of Kirkburton village. The terrain descends sharply toward the verdant hollow of Shelley Bank Bottom, where the earth holds a quiet, damp vitality sheltered from the harsher moorland gusts. Below the village slopes, the waters of the Shepley Dike wind through the fractured landscape, reflecting a sky that shifts rapidly from bruised violet to pale, translucent gold. Shelley retains the sturdy, unpretentious character of its industrial past, once echoing with the clatter of looms and the industry of weavers who laboured in small, low-ceilinged rooms. Sunlight catches the moss-grown boundary walls during the long, amber-hued afternoons, highlighting the rugged texture of a geography carved by ancient streams. Residents often walk the paths toward the nearby heights of School Hill, where the view extends across a patchwork of fields that have been tilled for generations. This persistent connection to the land gives Shelley a gravity that remains untouched by the frantic pace of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Shelley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Shelley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shelley, West Yorkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shelley, 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 Shelley includes coordinates 53.596741, -1.691546, 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 Shelley is available on the Shelley 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.