Knighton, Leicestershire Weather
About Knighton, Leicestershire
Knighton retains the quiet, dignified composure of an ancient parish absorbed into the modern sprawl of the East Midlands. It lies 2.0 miles south-south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 153°T, OS grid SK 602 015). Red-brick Victorian villas and modest stone cottages define the streetscapes, their chimney pots casting long, sharp shadows across the tarmac as the afternoon sun begins to wane. A sense of deliberate permanence lingers here, where the quietude of Church Lane Gardens offers a sanctuary of trimmed hedges and carefully tended borders, shielding visitors from the insistent hum of the wider city. To the southwest, the waters of Saffron Brook trace a persistent, low-lying path through the landscape, acting as a natural boundary that separates the domestic quiet of the suburb from the busy arterial roads beyond. Knighton possesses a distinct character shaped by its evolution from a separate ecclesiastical village into a residential haven, yet it remains tethered to the rhythmic pulse of the nearby university quarter. The light in the late autumn months catches the grey slate roofs with a cold, silvery precision, highlighting the architectural transition between the old parish core and the later Edwardian expansions. Residents often walk the narrow lanes where the air carries a faint, damp scent of leaf mould and shifting earth, a reminder that the wilder geography of the brooks is never far from the doorstep.
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About This Knighton, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Knighton, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Knighton includes coordinates 52.608034, -1.112333, 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 Knighton is available on the Knighton 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.