Snarestone emerges from the rolling Leicestershire terrain as a collection of stone and brick homes gathered under wide, pale skies. It lies 3.9 miles west of Ibstock (from Ibstock: bearing 263°T, OS grid SK 345 093), and is situated west of Newton Burgoland village. The quiet pulse of the land is measured by the Gilwiskaw Brook, which traces a silver line through the fields just to the north-north-west. Centuries of agricultural toil have smoothed the earth around Snarestone, where the morning light catches the damp, dark furrows of the surrounding clay fields. Beyond the quiet lanes, the Ashby Canal SSSI stretches its reed-fringed length, a remnant of an industrial age that now hosts only the slow passage of water and the occasional heron. St Bartholomew’s Church stands as a singular anchor for the local horizon, its spire rising above the rooftops to catch the grey, shifting clouds of the East Midlands. The air here holds the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke, grounding the spirit in the persistent reality of the soil. Each evening, the shadows lengthen across the meadows, turning the landscape into a study of muted greens and deep, cooling blues.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Snarestone, 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 Snarestone includes coordinates 52.680735, -1.490625, 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 Snarestone is available on the Snarestone 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.