Faxfleet occupies a low-lying reach of land where the riverine horizon stretches wide under a vast, unencumbered sky. It lies 5.3 miles north-west of Winterton (from Winterton: bearing 313°T, OS grid SE 863 241), and is situated east of Blacktoft village. Here, the meeting of the Ouse and the Trent creates a fluid, shifting geography defined by the constant, silken pulse of the water. To the south-west, the reed beds of Faxfleet Ness offer a sanctuary for migratory birds, their calls carrying clearly across the damp, alluvial air. The land bears the quiet weight of history, marked by the ancient, earthbound memory of the Camera and Moated Site at Faxfleet Hall. Where the Scalby Warping Drain cuts its precise channel through the fields, the earth remains heavy with the dark, fertile silt brought down by centuries of tidal flow. The light in this corner of the East Riding possesses a peculiar, pearlescent quality, reflecting off the intersecting waterways to soften the edges of the flat, sprawling pastures. Faxfleet remains a place where the boundary between the firm ground and the river’s reach is forever blurring, governed by the slow, rhythmic reclamation of the tide.
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Live animated radar for Faxfleet and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Faxfleet, 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 Faxfleet includes coordinates 53.707042, -0.693417, 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 Faxfleet is available on the Faxfleet 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.