Ellistown, Leicestershire Weather
About Ellistown, Leicestershire
Ellistown emerges from the Leicestershire landscape as a place defined by its sturdy industrial heritage and a quiet persistence against the shifting tides of the modern age. It lies 1.5 miles east-north-east of Ibstock (from Ibstock: bearing 72°T, OS grid SK 430 109), and is situated north of Battram village. The horizon here is marked by the distant, rugged profile of Bardon Hill Quarry, where the earth has been carved deep to reveal the ancient, stony bones of the region. Residents often find solace in the Penny Wakefield Community Woodland, a stretch of green where the light filters through young boughs to soften the edges of the working day. Beneath the surface of Ellistown, memories of coal mining linger like a low hum, grounding the modern streets in a history of soot, steam, and hard-won labour. The air carries a crisp, open clarity, drifting across fields that have been smoothed by centuries of plough and footfall. In the quiet evenings, the sky over Ellistown deepens into a bruised violet, reflecting the enduring gravity of a landscape that has traded its furnaces for a serene, agricultural calm. This balance between the memory of industry and the slow growth of the woodland creates a singular atmosphere, neither fully rural nor entirely urban, but something distinct and resilient.
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About This Ellistown, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellistown, 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 Ellistown includes coordinates 52.694247, -1.364137, 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 Ellistown is available on the Ellistown 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.