Foxton, Leicestershire Weather
About Foxton, Leicestershire
Foxton reveals itself through the low-slung, golden horizons of the Leicestershire landscape, where the earth seems to hold the sun long after the clouds have drifted away. It lies 2.6 miles north-west of Market Harborough (from Market Harborough: bearing 310°T, OS grid SP 700 900), and is situated north-north-west of Gartree village. The quiet pulse of Foxton Brook marks the eastern edge of the parish, its waters tracing a silver seam through the fields where the light catches the reeds in sudden, flickering pulses. To the west, the monumental remains of the Inclined Plane stand as a stark geometry against the sky, a reminder of the industrial ambition that once strained against these gentle slopes. Narrowboats navigate the locks with a slow, deliberate grace, their hulls pushing through the water in a rhythmic friction that echoes the heavy, iron-willed labour of the past. Beyond the water, the land rises toward Gallow Hill, offering a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp soil and ancient, undisturbed chalk. The village architecture leans into the warmth of local ironstone, absorbing the amber glow of late afternoon until the walls themselves seem to radiate a soft, terrestrial heat. Foxton remains a place where the stillness is not an absence of movement, but a heavy, deliberate breath taken by the countryside itself.
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Live animated radar for Foxton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Foxton, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Foxton, 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 Foxton includes coordinates 52.503616, -0.969439, 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 Foxton is available on the Foxton 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.