Drayton, Leicestershire Weather
About Drayton, Leicestershire
Drayton retains a quiet stillness, its limestone hearths and ironstone walls holding the warmth of the fading afternoon light. It lies 4.0 miles north-west of Corby (from Corby: bearing 306°T, OS grid SP 830 922), and is situated west-south-west of Great Easton village. The landscape around Drayton opens into wide, rolling pastures where the horizon feels vast and untroubled by the haste of the modern world. To the north, the elevation of Wignell Hill rises to catch the passing clouds, casting long, shifting shadows across the fields below. Waters from the Great Easton Brook trace a narrow, silver seam through the low-lying meadows, feeding the verdant life that clings to the valley floor. The historic estate of Nevill Holt rests nearby, its grand gardens and parkland adding a formal elegance to the rural sprawl of the Harborough district. Generations of farmers have worked these heavy soils, leaving a legacy of stone boundaries that define the patchwork of the countryside. This corner of Leicestershire remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, marked by the turning of leaves and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the wind across the open plains.
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About This Drayton, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drayton, 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 Drayton includes coordinates 52.521495, -0.777447, 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 Drayton is available on the Drayton 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.