Sawley, Derbyshire Weather
About Sawley, Derbyshire
Sawley stretches across the flat, alluvial plains of the Trent Valley where the river’s slow, deliberate movement dictates the pace of the low-lying horizon. It lies 1.8 miles south-west of Long Eaton (from Long Eaton: bearing 218°T, OS grid SK 472 315), and is situated south-south-east of Breaston village. The landscape here is defined by a heavy, humid stillness, particularly where Sawley sits within the protected expanse of the Lockington Marshes SSSI. Ancient, silted channels run through the ground like hidden veins, while the nearby Sawley Cut traces a man-made geometry against the softer curves of the natural riverbank. Sunlight often catches the damp, reeds-choked margins of these waterways, turning the grey water into a mirror of polished lead. Near the spire of All Saints’ Church, the earth preserves the faint, uneven indentations of a Roman fort, a silent reminder of how long men have held this precarious footing against the rising floods. Sawley maintains its character through these remnants, where the weight of the water and the depth of the soil seem to hold the modern world at a respectful, quiet distance.
Flight conditions near Sawley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Sawley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sawley, Derbyshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sawley, Derbyshire, 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 Sawley includes coordinates 52.879724, -1.299152, in the county of Derbyshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Sawley is available on the Sawley map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Derbyshire 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.