Sapcote, Leicestershire Weather
About Sapcote, Leicestershire
Sapcote emerges from the Leicestershire landscape as a quiet assembly of stone and brick, holding the weight of centuries in its deep-set foundations. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-east of Earl Shilton (from Earl Shilton: bearing 151°T, OS grid SP 488 934), and is situated south of Stoney Stanton village. The earth here retains the memory of fortification, where the grassy humps of Sapcote Castle and Moat offer a silent, earthen anchor to the southern edge of the parish. Nearby, the elevated rise of Toot Hill catches the low, pale light of the Midlands, casting long shadows that stretch toward the water-filled depths of the old quarries. These flooded pits, once sites of industrial extraction, now mirror the shifting clouds in a way that feels both ancient and entirely new. Sapcote maintains a composure defined by its limestone geology, a material that colours the local masonry with a soft, weathered grey. The rhythm of the day is marked by the passage of light across these fields, where the transition from field to street remains fluid and unforced. Through every season, Sapcote keeps its own counsel, anchored by the enduring presence of its medieval earthworks and the vast, open sky above the plateau.
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About This Sapcote, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sapcote, 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 Sapcote includes coordinates 52.536564, -1.280699, 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 Sapcote is available on the Sapcote 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.