Albert Village, Leicestershire Weather
About Albert Village, Leicestershire
Albert Village emerges from the reclaimed clay pits and hearths of the National Forest, a place where the heavy industry of the past has softened into a verdant, quiet expanse. It lies 1.1 miles south of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 170°T, OS grid SK 302 179), and is situated east-north-east of Mount Pleasant village. Beneath the shifting clouds of the East Midlands, the horizon is defined by the gentle, rising silhouette of Hanging Hill, which provides a grounding permanence against the fleeting light of the changing seasons. The industrial legacy of the district remains present in the earth, yet the landscape has found a new composure in the open spaces of Gresley Common, where the wind carries the scent of damp grass and pine. Residents of Albert Village often walk the paths towards the Maurice Lea Memorial Park, where the iron railings and formal borders offer a formal counterpoint to the wilder, unkempt beauty of the surrounding woodland. Throughout the day, the quality of the light here seems to catch the terracotta brickwork of the older cottages, illuminating a quiet resilience that has outlasted the kilns and furnaces of the nineteenth century. The transformation of this terrain from a landscape of extraction to one of preservation reflects a slow, deliberate healing of the soil. Time moves differently in Albert Village, marked not by the sharp whistle of the factory floor, but by the gradual encroachment of the forest upon the remnants of its mechanical heritage.
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About This Albert Village, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Albert Village, Leicestershire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Albert Village includes coordinates 52.75827, -1.55286, in the county of Leicestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Albert Village is available on the Albert Village map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Leicestershire 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.