Kirby Muxloe rises from the gentle swell of the Leicestershire landscape, a place where the light catches the brickwork of a bygone century with a soft, persistent clarity. It lies 4.2 miles west of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 268°T, OS grid SK 519 039), and is situated west-north-west of Leicester Forest East village. At the heart of the local identity, the Kirby Muxloe Village Sign acts as a quiet sentinel, marking the threshold where suburban order meets the persistent memory of the fields. A short walk to the north-east reveals the ruins of Kirby Muxloe Castle, where the red-brick towers stand as a deliberate, unfinished ambition against the shifting English sky. These moated remains hold a particular stillness, reflecting the weight of the fifteenth century in the dark, unmoving water of the moat. Beyond the castle, the elevation of Blood’s Hill offers a vantage point over the patchwork of surrounding meadows, grounding the horizon in a familiar, earthy permanence. Kirby Muxloe maintains a rhythm defined by this interplay of ancient red masonry and the modern pulse of the surrounding district. The air here holds the faint, cool scent of damp earth and iron, a reminder of the industry and agriculture that have shaped the movement of people across this terrain for generations.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kirby Muxloe, 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 Kirby Muxloe includes coordinates 52.631142, -1.233938, 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 Kirby Muxloe is available on the Kirby Muxloe 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.