Covenham St Bartholomew reveals itself through the flat, expansive horizons of the Lincolnshire marshlands where the sky dominates the earth. It lies 4.8 miles north of Louth (from Louth: bearing 7°T, OS grid TF 336 950), and is situated north-north-west of Covenham St Mary village. Fields of winter wheat and oilseed rape stretch towards the horizon, punctuated only by the rigid, industrious lines of drainage ditches and the occasional low-slung farmhouse. To the northeast, the expanse of Covenham Reservoir catches the grey-blue light of the North Sea, acting as a mirror for the shifting cloud patterns that define this open terrain. The air here carries a sharp, saline clarity, an invisible tide that reminds one of the proximity to the coast. Near the southern boundary, the waters of Poulton Drain move with a sluggish, deliberate pace, carving a path through the silt and heavy clay soil. Covenham St Bartholomew maintains a quiet, sequestered existence, defined by the slow rotation of the seasons and the persistent, whistling wind that sweeps across the plains. Ancient hedgerows border the narrow lanes, providing a sanctuary for birds that rise in sudden, frantic clouds against the vast, pale canopy of the sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Covenham St Bartholomew, Lincolnshire, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. 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 Covenham St Bartholomew includes coordinates 53.435572, 0.010484, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Covenham St Bartholomew is available on the Covenham St Bartholomew map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lincolnshire 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.