Sloothby emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of Lincolnshire as a collection of quiet lanes and low-slung agricultural dwellings. It lies 6.2 miles north-west of Skegness (from Skegness: bearing 320°T, OS grid TF 496 708), and is situated south-south-west of Cumberworth village. The low sun of the East Midlands casts long, thin shadows across the fields that surround Sloothby, tracing the path of the landscape with a clarity that sharpens every hedgerow. To the west, the gentle current of Hogs Beck moves through the earth, a silver thread pulling moisture from the soil to sustain the heavy crops of the district. Time seems to gather in the quiet spaces between the farmsteads, where the air remains still and the sky feels wider than in the busier coastal reaches. A brief walk towards the north-north-west brings one to the Butterbump Round Barrow Cemetery, where ancient mounds rise like soft swells in the terrain, indifferent to the turning centuries. These grassy humps hold the silence of the deep past, offering a stark contrast to the industrious rhythm of the modern tractors that occasionally break the quiet. Such remnants anchor the local geography in a permanence that persists despite the shifting light and the seasonal dampness of the fen-edge climate.
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Live animated radar for Sloothby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sloothby, 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 Sloothby includes coordinates 53.213557, 0.240323, 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 Sloothby is available on the Sloothby 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.