Great Ponton, Lincolnshire Weather
About Great Ponton, Lincolnshire
Great Ponton commands the limestone slopes of the Witham valley, where the river carves a narrow, deliberate path through the Lincolnshire landscape. It lies 3.4 miles south-south-east of Grantham (from Grantham: bearing 169°T, OS grid SK 925 304), and is situated south-south-east of Little Ponton village. The tower of St Guthlac’s Church rises above the rooftops, its ornate pinnacles acting as a stone compass for the surrounding fields. To the north-west, the rise of Gibbet Hill offers a stark, elevated vantage point, reminding one of the ancient, unforgiving history etched into these horizons. Great Ponton retains an air of quiet industry, its character shaped by the enduring presence of the limestone quarries that once supplied the very foundations of the local architecture. A short distance to the south-south-west, the expansive grounds of Stoke Rochford Hall stretch across the countryside, their managed greenery providing a formal contrast to the rugged, unkempt beauty of the nearby valley floors. The light here has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the pale, weathered stone of the cottages until they seem to glow against the darkening sky of a coming evening. Through the changing seasons, Great Ponton remains a place of steady, measured existence, grounded by the heavy, silent weight of its geological heritage.
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Live animated radar for Great Ponton and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Great Ponton, Lincolnshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Ponton, 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 Great Ponton includes coordinates 52.863282, -0.625988, 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 Great Ponton is available on the Great Ponton 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.