Cold Newton rises from the quiet clay of the Harborough district, a place where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant, turning seasons. It lies 6.4 miles east-south-east of Syston (from Syston: bearing 122°T, OS grid SK 716 063), and is situated west-north-west of Tilton on the Hill village. The horizon here is dominated by the weight of ancient earthworks, most notably the Cold Newton Shrunken Medieval Village and Moated Site, where the ghosts of former hearths lie buried under twelve hectares of silent, grazing pasture. Light falls across these fields with a startling clarity, sharpening the edges of the ridge-and-furrow patterns that ripple the ground like a frozen sea. To the west, the grand expanse of Quenby Hall anchors the landscape, its historic parkland offering a heavy, green counterpoint to the more modest agricultural rhythms of the immediate surroundings. Cold Newton maintains a solitude that feels deliberate, defined by the slow migration of shadows across the open Leicestershire sky. The terrain remains unhurried, shaped by the same deep-rooted patience that allowed the surrounding hills to weather the centuries without losing their essential, rugged character. Through the changing light of an afternoon, the land around Cold Newton reveals itself not as a finished map, but as a living, breathing continuity of soil and stone.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cold Newton, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cold Newton includes coordinates 52.650486, -0.942591, 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 Cold Newton is available on the Cold Newton 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.