Ashby St Ledgers retains a quiet, stoic presence where the heavy ironstone of Northamptonshire meets the open, pale sky of the East Midlands. It lies 3.5 miles north of Daventry (from Daventry: bearing 359°T, OS grid SP 572 681), and is situated north-north-west of Welton village. The landscape here holds the ghost of older labour, visible in the earthworks of the Medieval Settlement Of Ashby St Ledgers that linger just beyond the modern garden walls. Sunlight often catches the intricate stone carvings of the parish church, where the conspirators of the Gunpowder Plot are said to have met in the quietude of the manor house. East of the main thoroughfare, the Ashby St Ledgers historic park spreads twenty-two hectares of managed green, offering a refined contrast to the rugged, unkempt ridges of the surrounding fields. The air carries a sharp, clean chill, sharpened by the proximity of the rising ground at Cleves Hill to the west. Roads wind with a stubborn, ancient logic, avoiding the directness of modern transit in favour of following the natural contours of the valley. Ashby St Ledgers remains defined by this deliberate distance from the hurried pace of the surrounding shire, keeping a reserved, dignified composure that outlasts the centuries.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ashby St Ledgers includes coordinates 52.308321, -1.162179, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Ashby St Ledgers is available on the Ashby St Ledgers map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Northamptonshire 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.