Packington maintains a quiet composure across the rolling terrain of North West Leicestershire, where the horizon is defined by the gentle curve of the land rather than the drama of high peaks. It lies 1.3 miles south of Ashby-de-la-Zouch (from Ashby-de-la-Zouch: bearing 170°T, OS grid SK 361 147). The local geography finds its rhythm in the soft descent toward the Cole Orton Brook, a watercourse that gathers the morning mist before it drifts away toward the north-east. Packington reflects the steady pace of a place where the seasons dictate the shift in light across the brickwork of older cottages. To the north, the rising profile of Windmill Hill offers a vantage point that keeps a silent watch over the fields, grounding the perspective of those who walk the lanes below. The history of the earth here remains tangible, as the soil clings to the boots of those traversing the path between the quiet lanes and the busier routes toward the castle ruins of the neighbouring town. Even in the stillness of a winter afternoon, the air retains a clarity that sharpens the edges of the hedgerows and the distant, dark lines of the woodland canopy. Life here persists with a deliberate, unadorned honesty, moving in harmony with the shifting patterns of the sky above the Midlands.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Packington, 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 Packington includes coordinates 52.729128, -1.466472, 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 Packington is available on the Packington 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.