Swepstone, Leicestershire Weather
About Swepstone, Leicestershire
Sunlight catches the weathered sandstone of St Peter’s Church, casting long, sharp shadows across the quiet lanes of Swepstone. It lies 2.5 miles west of Ibstock (from Ibstock: bearing 279°T, OS grid SK 368 107), and is situated north of Newton Burgoland village. Fields of heavy, dark clay stretch toward the horizon, punctuated by the rhythmic rise and fall of the Leicestershire hills. To the northeast, the canopy of Ludlams Wood shimmers with a restless, autumnal copper, marking the boundary where the cultivated earth meets the wilder thicket. Swepstone retains a sturdy, unadorned character, built upon centuries of agrarian toil that has left the local soil rich and demanding. Nearby, the Newton Burgoland Marshes Sssi hold a quiet, damp stillness, where the water clings to the reeds like molten glass under an overcast sky. The persistent, low-slung architecture of the older farmsteads remains a stubborn anchor against the sweeping, open winds of the East Midlands. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, far removed from the frantic pulse of the industrial centres that once defined the surrounding region.
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About This Swepstone, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swepstone, 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 Swepstone includes coordinates 52.69321, -1.455694, 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 Swepstone is available on the Swepstone 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.