Saxilby draws its character from the flat, expansive horizon of the Lincolnshire fens where the sky feels unusually vast and heavy with weather. It lies 5.7 miles west-north-west of Lincoln (from Lincoln: bearing 294°T, OS grid SK 891 754), and is situated south of Ingleby village. The Fossdyke Navigation cuts a silver, purposeful line through the landscape, serving as a reminder that these waters have carried trade and travellers since the Romans first coaxed the channel into existence. Beyond the modern bustle, the ruins of the medieval nunnery at Broadholme sleep in the quiet fields to the south, their presence lending a ghostly weight to the surrounding pasture. Saxilby maintains an honest, working rhythm, where the hum of the railway line serves as a modern pulse against the stillness of the older, earth-bound tracks. Light catches the brickwork of the older cottages during the late afternoon, revealing a texture that speaks of damp mornings and long, productive summers. The terrain here offers little resistance to the wind, allowing the seasonal shifts in colour across the fields to be felt with an almost physical intensity. Residents often walk the paths where the ghosts of ancient cultivation ridges remain, tracing the faint, rhythmic patterns left by generations who laboured before the advent of the machine.
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Live animated radar for Saxilby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Saxilby, 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 Saxilby includes coordinates 53.268901, -0.664736, 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 Saxilby is available on the Saxilby 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.