Swaton, Lincolnshire Weather
About Swaton, Lincolnshire
Swaton maintains a quiet dignity upon the flat, expansive horizon of the Lincolnshire fens. It lies 4.1 miles south of Heckington (from Heckington: bearing 191°T, OS grid TF 131 373), and is situated north-north-east of Horbling village. The low, heavy sky of the East Midlands casts a silver sheen across the fields, where the waters of Swaton Eau slip past the periphery with a steady, unbothered purpose. Ancient earthworks ripple through the nearby landscape, including the Roman canal known as the Car Dyke, which lingers as a ghost of imperial ambition amidst the modern plough. St Michael’s Church rises above the rooftops like a sentinel carved from the local limestone, its spire catching the first light of dawn with a pale, resolute clarity. Beneath the surface of these open plains, the soil holds the remnants of forgotten moated sites and medieval cultivation, reminding the observer that Swaton has long anchored the lives of those who work the heavy clay. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and distant salt, a reminder of the proximity to the coast and the relentless, shifting winds that define the character of the fens. Every lane in Swaton traces paths worn by generations of farmers, echoing a history that prefers the silence of the land to the clamour of wider fame.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swaton, Lincolnshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swaton, 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 Swaton includes coordinates 52.921535, -0.318793, 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 Swaton is available on the Swaton 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.