Sutton in the Elms occupies a modest, quiet stretch of Leicestershire where the horizon remains wide and unhurried. It lies 4.1 miles south-east of Earl Shilton (from Earl Shilton: bearing 126°T, OS grid SP 518 939), and is situated north-north-west of Broughton Astley village. The light here often settles flat across the fields, lending a sharp clarity to the hedgerows that divide the local pastures. A short distance away, the geological significance of the Croft and Huncote Quarry SSSI provides a stony, industrial counterpoint to the softer agricultural rhythms of the immediate landscape. The terrain around Sutton in the Elms leans into a gentle, rolling topography that seems to absorb the noise of the modern world. Nearby, the Broughton Astley Brook traces a thin, silver vein through the low-lying ground, feeding the damp, rich earth that has sustained this corner of the Midlands for generations. Residents move with a deliberate pace, acknowledging the subtle shifts in the season that turn the local trees from a pale, insistent green to a brittle, scorched brown. The air carries a faint, persistent scent of wet soil and distant engine oil, a reminder of the proximity to both the working land and the arterial roads that connect the region.
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Live animated radar for Sutton in the Elms and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sutton in the Elms, 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 Sutton in the Elms includes coordinates 52.541259, -1.236668, 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 Sutton in the Elms is available on the Sutton in the Elms 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.