Swithland, Leicestershire Weather
About Swithland, Leicestershire
Swithland rests upon a rugged foundation of ancient slate, a material that has long defined the local architecture with its deep, cool grey hues. It lies 4.1 miles south of Loughborough (from Loughborough: bearing 170°T, OS grid SK 548 131), and is situated south-south-east of Woodhouse village. The light here catches the hard, dark surfaces of the stone cottages, imbuing the streets with a somber, enduring elegance that resists the softening effects of the seasons. To the west, the sprawling canopy of Swithland Wood and The Brand SSSI offers a dense, protective mantle of oak and birch that has stood for centuries. Beyond the immediate tree line, the expansive waters of Swithland Reservoir mirror the shifting Leicestershire sky, creating a vast, liquid horizon that breaks the wooded terrain. The church of St Leonard stands as a quiet sentinel, its spire rising above a graveyard where the headstones, crafted from that same local, slate-blue rock, bear the weathered marks of time. This landscape demands a certain stoicism, shaped as it is by the extraction of stone and the persistent, quiet growth of the surrounding forest. Swithland maintains a character of reserved beauty, where the geology of the earth dictates the very look and feel of the dwellings that cling to its folds.
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Live animated radar for Swithland and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swithland, Leicestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swithland, 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 Swithland includes coordinates 52.713172, -1.188878, 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 Swithland is available on the Swithland 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.