Owston, Leicestershire Weather
About Owston, Leicestershire
Owston emerges from the quiet, heavy clay of the Leicestershire landscape as a collection of stone and memory. It lies 5.2 miles west of Oakham (from Oakham: bearing 265°T, OS grid SK 776 079), and is situated south of Somerby village. The terrain here is defined by a slow, deliberate gravity, where the horizon is often obscured by the dense, tangled canopy of Owston Woods SSSI. These ancient trees hold a stillness that seems to absorb the modern world, casting long, bruised shadows across the damp earth as the afternoon light wanes. Nearby, the remains of the Augustinian Abbey with its six fishponds serve as a stark reminder of the medieval monks who once measured their lives by the rising and falling of these stagnant waters. The architecture of Owston remains grounded in this ecclesiastical past, with limestone walls that have weathered into the muted greys and ochres of the surrounding fields. Even the air feels thicker here, carrying the faint, sharp scent of wet iron and rotting leaves from the nearby hollows. It is a place where the geography dictates the pace of existence, leaving little room for the haste of the outside world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Owston, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Owston, 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 Owston includes coordinates 52.663287, -0.853578, 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 Owston is available on the Owston 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.