Hemswell Cliff commands a wide, expansive horizon across the limestone plateau of the Lincolnshire Edge, where the air remains sharp and unclouded. It lies 5.7 miles south of Kirton in Lindsey (from Kirton in Lindsey: bearing 169°T, OS grid SK 955 895), and is situated north-east of Glentworth village. The architecture of Hemswell Cliff reflects a purposeful, mid-twentieth-century geometry, having emerged from the footprint of a former Royal Air Force station to become a distinct presence on the high ground. To the west, the slopes of Harpswell Hill catch the fading sunlight, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch toward the orderly rows of houses. The nearby Norton Place provides a stately counterpoint to this utilitarian layout, its extensive parkland offering a verdant contrast to the exposed, breezy elevation of the plateau. Residents often feel the weather here as a physical weight, a constant movement of clouds that dictates the rhythm of the day. Hemswell Cliff maintains a character defined by this transition from military past to civilian life, where the vast sky feels closer than the earth below. The surrounding landscape, punctuated by the subtle rise of Newel Well Hill, encourages a sense of solitude that hums beneath the quiet activity of the local antique centres.
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Live animated radar for Hemswell Cliff and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hemswell Cliff, 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 Hemswell Cliff includes coordinates 53.394306, -0.564384, 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 Hemswell Cliff is available on the Hemswell Cliff 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.