Swinethorpe emerges from the flat, heavy claylands of Lincolnshire as a modest collection of homesteads defined by the quiet persistence of its agricultural horizon. It lies 4.4 miles west-north-west of North Hykeham (from North Hykeham: bearing 296°T, OS grid SK 874 694), and is situated south-south-west of Harby village. The light here seems to pool against the earth, caught in the wide, uninterrupted sky that defines the East Midlands. To the south-west, the Wigsley Drain carves a deliberate line through the fields, its dark, slow-moving water reflecting the shifting moods of the clouds above. A lingering sense of medieval occupation remains in the landscape, most notably at the Moated Site West Of Church Road, where the earth still holds the ghost of a structure long reclaimed by the grass. Swinethorpe persists as a place of low-lying endurance, where the damp, fertile soil dictates the pace of the seasons. Ancient hedgerows border the narrow lanes, acting as verdant sentinels against the expansive, wind-swept tracts of open farmland. Each winter, the frost clings to the low hollows with a sharp, crystalline intensity that turns the fields into a fragile, silvered mirror.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swinethorpe, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Swinethorpe includes coordinates 53.215065, -0.69166, 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 Swinethorpe is available on the Swinethorpe 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.