Toft occupies a quiet fold of the limestone plateau where the flat fens begin their long retreat toward the sea. It lies 2.5 miles south-west of Bourne (from Bourne: bearing 223°T, OS grid TF 069 172), and is situated north-north-west of Manthorpe village. The horizon here is dominated by the subtle, rising curve of Fountains Hill, which watches over the limestone cottages with an ancient, stony indifference. Toft maintains a character defined by the amber glow of local stone, a material pulled from the earth that seems to hold the afternoon sun long after it has dipped below the trees. To the east, the dense, verdant canopy of Math and Elsea Wood SSSI offers a sharp contrast to the open fields, sheltering a variety of flora that thrives in the heavy, iron-rich soil. The lanes winding through Toft are narrow and bordered by high, unkempt hedges that rustle with the movement of small birds in the autumn air. A persistent, cool breeze often travels across these fields, carrying the scent of damp earth and the distant, metallic tang of the nearby Home Bottom Drain. Every structure in Toft seems to acknowledge the weight of the sky, grounding itself firmly against the gusts that sweep across the Lincolnshire plains.
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Live animated radar for Toft and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Toft, 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 Toft includes coordinates 52.741912, -0.41796, 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 Toft is available on the Toft 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.