Golden light spills across the fields of North West Leicestershire, illuminating the quiet, limestone-flecked lanes of Hemington. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-west of Long Eaton (from Long Eaton: bearing 212°T, OS grid SK 455 281), and is situated north-east of Castle Donington village. Ancient earthworks ripple softly through the surrounding pastures, hinting at the long-departed structures that once defined the horizon near the Enclosure Castle at Castle Donington. Just a short walk away, the skeletal remains of Hemington Chapel stand as a stark, weathered sentinel against the changing seasons. The local topography dips toward the water, where the slow, rhythmic pull of Hemington Brook draws the eye toward the horizon. Here, the air carries the cool, damp scent of the nearby lowlands, contrasting with the solid, grounded presence of the sandstone masonry found in the older farmsteads. Hemington maintains a distinct, solitary character, defined more by the shifting shadows of the clouds than by the noise of the modern world.
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Live animated radar for Hemington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hemington, 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 Hemington includes coordinates 52.848572, -1.324882, 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 Hemington is available on the Hemington 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.