Long Bennington stretches across the low, fertile plains of the South Kesteven district, where the wide Lincolnshire sky dictates the rhythm of the day. It lies 6.1 miles south-south-east of Newark-on-Trent (from Newark-on-Trent: bearing 160°T, OS grid SK 834 446), and is situated west of Westborough village. To the north-west, the modest rise of Costa Hill catches the morning light, casting long, thin shadows that stretch toward the village chimneys. Water moves with a quiet, persistent gravity through the nearby Weir Drain, carving a silver vein through the heavy clay soil. Long Bennington maintains a character shaped by its proximity to the Great North Road, a route that has pulsed with the passage of travellers for centuries. The architecture here holds the pale, muted tones of local stone, reflecting a landscape that is less about drama and more about the endurance of the flat, working earth. Travellers moving through the region often find that the horizon seems to pull the eye away from the clutter of the present, demanding focus on the simple geometry of field and hedge. Even as the modern world speeds past on the nearby A1, Long Bennington remains anchored by the steady, unpretentious weight of its own quiet geography.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Bennington, 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. 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 Long Bennington includes coordinates 52.992527, -0.75805, 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 Long Bennington is available on the Long Bennington 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.