Long Whatton reveals itself as a collection of limestone and brick dwellings gathered against the quiet shifts of the Leicestershire horizon. It lies 2.4 miles north of Shepshed (from Shepshed: bearing 0°T, OS grid SK 479 234), and is situated west-north-west of Hathern village. Beyond the domestic gardens, the land holds the faint, sunken memory of the Moated Site With Fishpond At Long Whatton, where water once mirrored the industry of a different century. The nearby Long Whatton Brook traces a slow, silver line through the fields, acting as a perennial pulse for the surrounding agricultural earth. To the east, the expansive grounds of Whatton House stretch across sixty-eight hectares, their managed vistas offering a deliberate contrast to the wilder, unkempt edges of the parish. Sunlight here has a habit of lingering on the slate roofs, illuminating the subtle gradients of the terrain that rise toward the hidden corners of the county. Long Whatton maintains a composure born of centuries spent observing the slow rotation of the seasons, indifferent to the clamour of the modern thoroughfares nearby.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Whatton, 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 Long Whatton includes coordinates 52.806548, -1.289827, 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 Long Whatton is available on the Long Whatton 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.