Newton Harcourt reveals its character through the golden, low-slung light that clings to the limestone walls of its oldest cottages. It lies 5.6 miles south-east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 145°T, OS grid SP 639 970), and is situated west-south-west of Great Glen village. The landscape surrounding Newton Harcourt rolls in quiet, heavy swells of pasture, where the earth seems to hold the memory of ancient furrows beneath the modern grass. To the west, the subtle rise of Tythorn Hill breaks the horizon, offering a vantage point where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of damp soil and coming rain. Nearby, the seasonal geometry of the Wistow Maize Maze draws vibrant activity, yet the stillness of the surrounding fields remains largely undisturbed by the turning of the seasons. The architecture of Newton Harcourt speaks of a patient endurance, with weathered brick and slate reflecting the grey-blue skies of the East Midlands. Every lane here traces the contours of a land that has been worked by hand for generations, leaving the ground firm and deeply settled. A traveller moving through these lanes feels the quiet pressure of a horizon that stretches wide, unburdened by the clamour of larger centres.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newton Harcourt, 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 Newton Harcourt includes coordinates 52.567462, -1.057707, 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 Newton Harcourt is available on the Newton Harcourt 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.