Firsby reveals itself as a low-slung horizon of flat, heavy earth, where the sky claims more space than the soil itself. It lies 3.7 miles north-west of Wainfleet All Saints (from Wainfleet All Saints: bearing 318°T, OS grid TF 456 633), and is situated west of Irby in the Marsh village. The wind here carries the salt-sharp tang of the nearby coast, scouring the fields until the light turns thin and pale. To the west, the quiet waters of Lady Wath’s Beck wind through the reeds, marking a slow, deliberate boundary in the landscape. Firsby once served as a junction for the iron rails, a place where steam and steel briefly intersected with the quietude of the surrounding fens. Further north, the gentle rise of Hunger Hill provides a rare vantage point to observe the shifting greys and browns of the changing seasons. The local architecture remains tethered to this utilitarian past, built of brick that has weathered into the muted tones of the earth. Even now, the stillness of the surrounding meadows offers a stark, quiet beauty that persists long after the trains have ceased their passage.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Firsby, 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 Firsby includes coordinates 53.147308, 0.176143, 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 Firsby is available on the Firsby 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.