Obthorpe endures as a quiet collection of dwellings where the flat, expansive horizon of the Lincolnshire fens dictates the slow pace of the seasons. It lies 3.1 miles south of Bourne (from Bourne: bearing 183°T, OS grid TF 094 152), and is situated north-north-east of Wilsthorpe village. The light here has a peculiar, washed-out clarity, catching the edges of the fields as if the sky itself were a vast, unblinking eye. Only a short distance to the north, the ancient canopy of Dole Wood Sssi offers a dense, sequestered contrast to the open, utilitarian stretches of farmland that define the local geography. To the east, the King Street Drain maintains a steady, near-silent progress toward the sea, its presence felt in the damp, rich scent of the soil after a rainfall. Obthorpe remains tethered to these modest landmarks, indifferent to the clamour of busier transit routes nearby. The earthworks of the Car Dyke, lingering just to the east, serve as a ghost of Roman engineering, marking the land with a faded, geometric permanence. Through these quiet lanes, the wind carries little more than the rustle of dry grass and the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery working the heavy earth.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Obthorpe, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Obthorpe includes coordinates 52.723774, -0.38102, 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 Obthorpe is available on the Obthorpe 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.