Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire Weather
About Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire
Burrough on the Hill commands a high, limestone prominence that catches the first grey light of morning across the Leicestershire wolds. It lies 5.3 miles south of Melton Mowbray (from Melton Mowbray: bearing 176°T, OS grid SK 758 108), and is situated west of Somerby village. The horizon here is dominated by the sprawling earthworks of the Burrough Iron Age Hill Fort, a ten-hectare plateau that has watched over the surrounding pastures since the pre-Roman centuries. Below these ancient ramparts, the landscape drops away into a patchwork of heavy clay fields and hawthorn hedges that hold the dampness of the season. A short distance away, the quiet paths of Burrough Hill Country Park offer a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and distant woodsmoke. The stone houses of Burrough on the Hill are built from local ironstone, which glows with a deep, rusted warmth when the afternoon sun hits the gables. Beneath the surface, the ground remains a repository of layered history, where the modern pace of life rarely disturbs the silence of the high ridge. This topography defines the character of the place, keeping it distinct from the low-lying valleys that stretch out toward the horizon.
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About This Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burrough on the Hill, 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 Burrough on the Hill includes coordinates 52.689957, -0.879512, 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 Burrough on the Hill is available on the Burrough on the Hill 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.