Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire Weather
About Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire
Ashby Woulds occupies a quiet corner of the Leicestershire landscape, where the earth retains the lingering memory of its deep industrial past. It lies 2.2 miles south of Swadlincote (from Swadlincote: bearing 173°T, OS grid SK 304 161), and is situated east-north-east of Spring Cottage village. Coal seams and clay pits once defined the local character, though time has since softened the sharp edges of that heavy labour into green, reclaimed horizons. The light here filters through the canopy of the nearby Conkers National Forest Centre, casting long, shifting shadows across the grass that seem to hold the stillness of a slow afternoon. Visitors often wander toward the remnants of the Moira Furnace Museum, where the brickwork of the old blast furnace stands as a sturdy, silent sentinel against the sky. Ashby Woulds maintains a steady, unassuming pace, moving between the remnants of its mining heritage and the quiet reclamation of the surrounding woodlands. The air in Ashby Woulds often feels cool and damp, carrying the scent of leaf mould and the faint, metallic tang of the damp earth beneath the trees. This landscape does not ask for attention, yet it rewards those who notice how the low sun catches the moss on a stone wall or the way the wind stirs the tall, unkempt reeds at the edge of a field.
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About This Ashby Woulds, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashby Woulds, 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 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 Ashby Woulds includes coordinates 52.742225, -1.550862, 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 Ashby Woulds is available on the Ashby Woulds 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.