Upper Bruntingthorpe holds a quiet composure, defined by the low horizons and heavy, clay-rich soil of the Harborough district. It lies 4.6 miles east-north-east of Lutterworth (from Lutterworth: bearing 60°T, OS grid SP 607 881), and is situated north-east of Walton village. The sky here feels vast and often grey, pressing down upon the fields with a weight that makes the flint-streaked brickwork of the older cottages seem particularly solid. A short distance to the south-west, the River Swift carves a modest path through the landscape, its slow, dark water reflecting the changing moods of the clouds above. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Upper Bruntingthorpe, the land rises toward the Knaptoft Medieval Settlement, where the remnants of a church and fishponds offer a skeletal map of a life long since departed. These earthworks serve as a reminder that the land has been shaped by human hands for centuries, even as the modern landscape remains dominated by the seasonal rhythms of local agriculture. The light in the afternoon often catches the western slopes, casting long, thin shadows that stretch across the lanes toward the distant, rolling rise of John Ball Hill. Upper Bruntingthorpe retains a sense of seclusion, where the hum of the present day is muted by the sheer persistence of the surrounding fields.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Bruntingthorpe, 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 Upper Bruntingthorpe includes coordinates 52.487926, -1.106372, 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 Upper Bruntingthorpe is available on the Upper Bruntingthorpe 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.