Scraptoft, Leicestershire Weather
About Scraptoft, Leicestershire
Scraptoft commands a quiet prominence upon the Leicestershire plateau, where the land begins its slow, deliberate roll toward the eastern shires. It lies 3.7 miles east of Leicester (from Leicester: bearing 79°T, OS grid SK 646 055), and is situated west-south-west of Keyham village. Sunlight here has a way of catching the limestone masonry of the Churchyard Cross, turning the ancient monument into a pale, glowing finger pointing toward the shifting clouds. Scraptoft retains the stoic character of its agricultural origins, even as suburban gardens now press against the edges of fields once worked by generations of local labourers. A short walk from the centre, the Edith Cole Memorial Park offers a modest expanse of green, its stillness often punctuated only by the low, rhythmic hum of distant traffic. The local architecture speaks to a layered past, where modern dwellings sit in companionable silence with the sturdier, weathered stone of the older parish buildings. Throughout the day, the air carries a crisp, open quality that suggests the proximity of the surrounding countryside, far removed from the heavy, urban density of the nearby city. Residents of Scraptoft move with the unforced pace of those who live at the threshold of the wider, rolling landscape.
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About This Scraptoft, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scraptoft, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Scraptoft includes coordinates 52.643508, -1.046245, 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 Scraptoft is available on the Scraptoft 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.