Upper Eastwood commands a rugged prominence high above the Calder Valley, where the air thins and sharpens against the gritstone edges. It lies 1.9 miles north-east of Todmorden (from Todmorden: bearing 53°T, OS grid SD 961 260), and is situated south-south-east of Blackshaw Head village. Weather-beaten stone cottages cling to the slope, their dark masonry drinking in the pale, horizontal light that defines these Pennine heights. A short walk to the north-north-west leads to Great Rock, a massive, singular crag that watches over the moorland like a silent sentinel of the high ridges. Below this exposed vantage, the hidden, verdant depth of Jumble Hole Clough carves a cool, moss-streaked scar into the landscape, offering a sheltered sanctuary from the biting upland winds. Winter frost clings longer to the shadows of Upper Eastwood, turning the sparse grass into a brittle, silvered crust. The silence here is rarely absolute, broken only by the thin, melodic rush of water spilling toward the lower reservoirs. Here, the land does not yield easily to the plough, preferring instead to hold its own austere and lonely character against the passing of the seasons.
Flight conditions near Upper Eastwood. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Upper Eastwood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Eastwood, 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 Upper Eastwood includes coordinates 53.73039, -2.05985, 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 Upper Eastwood is available on the Upper Eastwood 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.