Tongue End emerges from the flat, expansive horizon of the Lincolnshire fens like a quiet observation held in the amber light of late afternoon. It lies 4.0 miles east-south-east of Bourne (from Bourne: bearing 107°T, OS grid TF 158 184), and is situated north-north-west of Hop Pole village. The land here possesses a stark, horizontal beauty where the sky claims more than its share of the view, pressing down upon the dark, rich soil of the surrounding fields. Water defines the edges of this existence, with the Counter Drain tracing a precise, silver line through the landscape just 1.6 miles to the northeast. To the southwest, the Baston and Thurlby Fens SSSI offers a fragile sanctuary where the reeds sway in rhythmic, muted conversation with the wind. Tongue End maintains a singular character defined by this proximity to the water’s edge and the reclamation of the marsh. The silence of the plains is rarely broken, save for the sudden, sharp cry of a lapwing or the distant hum of agricultural machinery. Life in Tongue End remains tethered to the slow, seasonal pulse of the fenland, where every shadow cast by a gatepost seems to stretch indefinitely across the damp, level earth.
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Live animated radar for Tongue End and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tongue End, 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 Tongue End includes coordinates 52.751365, -0.285627, 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 Tongue End is available on the Tongue End 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.