Nailstone, Leicestershire Weather
About Nailstone, Leicestershire
Nailstone emerges from the heavy Leicestershire clay as a collection of stone and brick held fast by the quiet persistence of the surrounding fields. It lies 2.0 miles south-south-east of Ibstock (from Ibstock: bearing 165°T, OS grid SK 416 070), and is situated north-west of Barlestone village. The church of All Saints acts as a high-water mark of local history, its spire charting the moods of the sky above a landscape that has long traded the sweat of coal mining for the slow rotation of arable crops. Sunlight here has a way of lingering on the damp earth after a rain, illuminating the hidden folds of the countryside that stretch toward the tranquil waters of the Mill Stream. These low-lying horizons offer a stark, unadorned beauty, where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of the modern world feels miles removed. A few miles to the west, the damp, sequestered reedbeds of the Newton Burgoland Marshes SSSI provide a sanctuary for species that thrive in the forgotten corners of the county. Nailstone maintains a deliberate pace, tethered to the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the nearby motorway network. Such places demand a patient eye, rewarding those who notice how the light catches the lichen on a boundary wall or the way the evening mist pools in the hollows.
Flight conditions near Nailstone. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Nailstone and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Nailstone, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Nailstone, 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 Nailstone includes coordinates 52.659867, -1.38563, 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 Nailstone is available on the Nailstone 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.