Great Stretton, Leicestershire Weather
About Great Stretton, Leicestershire
Great Stretton remains a quiet enclave of Leicestershire where the horizon stretches wide across the rolling fields of the Harborough district. It lies 5.0 miles east-south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 119°T, OS grid SK 658 005), and is situated west-north-west of Little Stretton village. The land here holds the hushed memory of the Stretton Magna Deserted Village, Two Fishponds And Moated Site, where the earth still bears the subtle indentations of a life that vanished long ago. Beneath the pale, expansive sky of the East Midlands, the modern fields press close against these ancient, grassy earthworks. A short distance away, the grounds of the Moated Grange At Stoughton offer a stark, architectural anchor amidst the surrounding agricultural plains. Great Stretton experiences a particular quality of evening light that turns the hedgerows into silhouettes of deep, ink-stained violet against the cooling air. This stillness defines the character of the geography, marking a deliberate pause in the transition between the bustle of the city and the deeper solitude of the countryside.
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About This Great Stretton, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Stretton, 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 Great Stretton includes coordinates 52.598632, -1.029931, 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 Great Stretton is available on the Great Stretton 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.