Balkholme occupies a quiet stretch of the East Riding plains, where the horizon pulls the eye toward a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 2.2 miles east of Howden (from Howden: bearing 93°T, OS grid SE 782 281), and is situated south-west of Eastrington village. The earth here is heavy and dark, a testament to the persistent work of farmers who have long coaxed life from the flat, alluvial soil. To the north-northeast, the waters of Westfield Drain carve a steady, purposeful path through the fields, reflecting the pale, shifting light of the North Sea clouds. Balkholme remains defined by this agricultural solitude, where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp cry of a lapwing or the distant hum of machinery. A short distance away, the Moated Site at Newland Farm offers a faint, sunken memory of medieval habitation, a quiet shadow cast upon the modern landscape. These lowlands possess a singular, austere beauty, stripped of artifice and governed by the turning of the seasons. The air carries a crisp, saline edge, drifting inward from the Humber estuary to sharpen the senses of any traveller passing through the lanes.
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Live animated radar for Balkholme and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Balkholme, East Riding of 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Balkholme includes coordinates 53.744056, -0.814289, in the county of East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Balkholme is available on the Balkholme map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the East Riding of 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.