Shawell, Leicestershire Weather
About Shawell, Leicestershire
Shawell retains a modest, quiet composure amidst the rolling agricultural expanses of the Harborough district. It lies 2.8 miles south of Lutterworth (from Lutterworth: bearing 183°T, OS grid SP 542 797), and is situated north-north-west of Catthorpe village. Sunlight catches the limestone masonry of the church, casting long, austere shadows across the lane that leads toward the Motte Castle and Associated Earthwork. This ancient mound remains a silent sentinel, its humped silhouette rising from the grass like a lingering memory of medieval fortification. Below these slopes, the Cave's Inn Pits SSSI offers a stark, geological contrast, preserving layers of earth that tell of a much older, more indifferent history. Beyond the immediate perimeter of Shawell, the horizon stretches towards the Swift Valley Country Park, where the sky seems broader and the wind carries the clean scent of open meadow. The lanes here are narrow and bordered by high, unkempt hedges that muffle the sound of passing machinery. Shawell persists as a place where the modern world feels distant, filtered through the rustle of leaves and the steady, rhythmic pulse of the changing seasons.
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About This Shawell, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shawell, 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 Shawell includes coordinates 52.413462, -1.203575, 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 Shawell is available on the Shawell 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.