Little Stretton, Leicestershire Weather
About Little Stretton, Leicestershire
Little Stretton emerges from the rolling Leicestershire terrain as a collection of quiet lanes and stone-wrought history. It lies 5.7 miles east-south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 118°T, OS grid SK 668 001), and is situated north-north-west of Burton Overy village. The landscape surrounding Little Stretton holds a heavy, ancient stillness, particularly where the shadows stretch across the Stretton Magna Deserted Village, Two Fishponds And Moated Site. Earthworks rise and fall like the slow breathing of the land, marking where foundations once stood before time reclaimed the stone. To the southeast, the Medieval Manorial Fishponds At The Banks offer a mirror to the sky, catching the pale, liquid light of the East Midlands afternoons. These waters serve as a silent reminder of the medieval hand that shaped the contours of the fields. Little Stretton remains defined by this intersection of agricultural patience and the skeletal remains of what came before. The air here carries a crisp, open clarity that distinguishes the parish from the urban hum of the nearby county seat.
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Live animated radar for Little Stretton and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Little Stretton, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little 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 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 Little Stretton includes coordinates 52.595353, -1.01397, 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 Little Stretton is available on the Little 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.