Swineshead, Lincolnshire Weather
About Swineshead, Lincolnshire
Swineshead holds the quiet gravity of the Lincolnshire fens, where the horizon stretches wide and pale under a vast, shifting sky. It lies 5.9 miles west-south-west of Boston (from Boston: bearing 249°T, OS grid TF 237 402), and is situated north-north-west of Drayton village. A visitor walking the lanes finds the air carries a crisp, saline edge, lingering remnants of the tides that once pressed closer to these low-lying fields. The Butter Cross stands as a weathered sentinel in the heart of Swineshead, its stone face smoothed by centuries of rain and the passage of market folk. Beyond the main thoroughfare, the earth rises in a gentle, artificial swell at the site of the Manwar Ings, where the hidden foundations of a motte and bailey castle sleep beneath the grass. The land here is defined by the disciplined geometry of drains and ditches, which channel the water away from the fertile, dark soil. Each evening, the light catches the reeds and the flat expanse of the fields, turning the monotone landscape into a mirror of bronze and violet. This terrain demands a patient eye to appreciate the subtle shifts in colour that define the rhythm of the seasons.
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Live animated radar for Swineshead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swineshead, Lincolnshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swineshead, 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 Swineshead includes coordinates 52.945577, -0.159931, 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 Swineshead is available on the Swineshead 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.