Burton Overy holds the quiet composure of a landscape that has long since traded its medieval clamour for the steady, rhythmic growth of hedgerows and limestone. It lies 6.8 miles south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 125°T, OS grid SP 678 980), and is situated east of Great Glen village. The sunlight here seems to linger longer against the ironstone walls, illuminating the subtle slopes where the Medieval Manorial Fishponds At The Banks once sustained the daily needs of an earlier age. These earthworks, now smoothed by centuries of rain, trace the memory of water into the soil with a faint, deliberate grace. Beyond the church, the horizon widens toward the rise of Tamborough Hill, where the air feels sharper and the open fields carry the scent of turned earth. Burton Overy maintains a poise defined by its collection of ironstone cottages, their warm, russet tones reflecting the geology of the surrounding Leicestershire fields. Walking these lanes, one finds that the weight of the past is not a burden but a texture, felt in the uneven cobbles and the persistent, quiet growth of the hedgerows. History here does not shout, but resides in the deliberate placement of a gate or the way the evening shadow stretches across the quiet lanes of Burton Overy.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burton Overy, 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 Burton Overy includes coordinates 52.576488, -1.000581, 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 Burton Overy is available on the Burton Overy 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.