Saltby, Leicestershire Weather
About Saltby, Leicestershire
Saltby marks the horizon of the Melton district with a quiet, persistent elegance, its limestone buildings catching the pale, slanted light of the East Midlands. It lies 7.2 miles south-west of Grantham (from Grantham: bearing 215°T, OS grid SK 849 262), and is situated north-north-west of Sproxton village. The earth here holds the heavy, iron-rich memory of the Jurassic period, visible in the exposed strata near the Sproxton Quarry Sssi where the soil turns a deep, bruised ochre. Winds carry the salt-sharp scent of open fields across the flat, expansive pastures that define this corner of Leicestershire. Near the northern boundary, the waters of Swallow Hole mirror the shifting clouds, offering a tranquil depth that contrasts with the jagged, weathered stone of the landscape. History persists in the form of the Medieval Monastic Grange, where grass-covered building platforms rise like slow swells in a green sea. Saltby maintains a steady, agricultural heartbeat, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern world beyond its borders. The air here feels thin and bright, clarifying the edges of every dry-stone wall and hawthorn hedge that marks the parish boundaries.
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Live animated radar for Saltby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Saltby, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Saltby, 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 Saltby includes coordinates 52.826654, -0.740032, 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 Saltby is available on the Saltby 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.