Moira, Leicestershire Weather
About Moira, Leicestershire
Moira carries the weight of a coal-rich past, its landscape marked by the slow reclamation of earth once scarred by deep-shaft mining. It lies 2.6 miles west-south-west of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (from Ashby-de-la-Zouch: bearing 256°T, OS grid SK 316 156), and is situated east-south-east of Spring Cottage village. The iron skeleton of the Moira Blast Furnace stands as a silent sentinel, its weathered brickwork holding the memory of high-temperature fires that forged the heavy tools of the industrial age. Moira sits within the sprawling expanse of Hicks Lodge, where the former colliery ground has been softened by lakes and cycle paths that weave through the quietude of recovering woodland. The air here often holds a crisp, metallic clarity, a sharp contrast to the dense, carbon-heavy atmosphere that dominated the nineteenth-century horizon. Not far to the west, Conkers National Forest Centre draws visitors into the heart of the National Forest, bridging the gap between raw industrial heritage and the deliberate cultivation of new green canopy. Moira maintains a steady, rhythmic pulse, defined by the persistence of its residents who live among the remnants of old chimneys and the quiet growth of saplings. Light settles differently upon these reclaimed fields, highlighting the subtle contours of a geography that has been both emptied and refilled by human hands.
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Live animated radar for Moira and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Moira, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moira, 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 Moira includes coordinates 52.737927, -1.532066, 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 Moira is available on the Moira 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.