Swaby reveals itself as a quiet assembly of limestone and flint, folded into the topography of the Lincolnshire Wolds where the air holds a distinct, bracing clarity. It lies 7.1 miles north of Spilsby (from Spilsby: bearing 354°T, OS grid TF 386 774), and is situated west-south-west of Aby village. High ridges of chalk define the horizon, casting long, deliberate shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent. To the east, the Swaby Valley SSSIs preserve a rare, damp sanctuary where the flora thrives in the undisturbed silence of the damp earth. Ancient earthworks mark the surrounding terrain, including the Neolithic long barrows near Beacon Plantation that stand as silent, grassy ribs against the sky. These monumental mounds suggest a landscape occupied long before the modern patchwork of arable fields took hold. The light here has a sharp, pale quality that renders the colours of the harvest season with a startling, almost metallic intensity. Swaby remains a place of deep stillness, where the wind carries the faint, persistent scent of crushed chalk and distant rain.
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Live animated radar for Swaby and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swaby, 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 Swaby includes coordinates 53.275762, 0.078615, 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 Swaby is available on the Swaby 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.