Appleby Magna traces the slow, deliberate lines of the Leicestershire clay, holding a quiet weight in the landscape of the East Midlands. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (from Ashby-de-la-Zouch: bearing 210°T, OS grid SK 318 097), and is situated west of Snarestone village. The local horizon is defined by the gentle rise of Birds Hill, which offers a vantage over the fields where the light often settles in long, pale ribbons during the late afternoon. Beside the ancient stone of St Michael’s Church, the earth retains the subtle, sunken indentations of a moated site and fishponds, marking the invisible persistence of centuries beneath the grass. Appleby Magna maintains a distinct character through the dignified architecture of the Sir John Moore Museum, a building that anchors the history of education to this specific patch of soil. The nearby River Mease meanders through the periphery, its waters carving a slow, rhythmic path that sustains the damp meadows and hedgerows. Traffic occasionally hums towards the nearby motorway, yet the core of the place remains governed by the seasonal turn of the crops and the shifting colour of the sky. This balance between the modern arterial roads and the deep, silent history of the land gives the environment a measured, watchful composure.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Appleby Magna, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Appleby Magna includes coordinates 52.684902, -1.530887, 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 Appleby Magna is available on the Appleby Magna 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.