Copt Oak marks a high, windswept crossroads where the ancient character of the Charnwood Forest remains stubbornly etched into the horizon. It lies 3.1 miles east-south-east of Coalville (from Coalville: bearing 101°T, OS grid SK 481 129), and is situated north-north-west of Markfield village. The land here rises with a rugged, stony disposition, shielding the quiet lanes of Copt Oak from the encroaching industrial sprawl of the lower valleys. To the north, the slopes of Birch Hill gather the morning mist, casting long, melancholic shadows across the fields that define the local topography. This rugged expanse falls within the protected boundaries of the Ulverscroft Valley Sssi, where the rare flora thrives in the thin, acidic soil of the crags. Travellers passing through the crossroads often note how the light seems to sharpen against the exposed granite, giving the terrain a stark, almost monastic clarity. Copt Oak endures as a solitary outpost, standing watch over a landscape that has resisted the softening hand of modern cultivation.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Copt Oak, 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 Copt Oak includes coordinates 52.712104, -1.288711, 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 Copt Oak is available on the Copt Oak 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.