Plumpton, Northamptonshire Weather
About Plumpton, Northamptonshire
Plumpton remains a quiet fragment of Northamptonshire, where the land holds the memory of ancient agriculture in its quiet, heavy clays. It lies 5.9 miles west of Towcester (from Towcester: bearing 269°T, OS grid SP 598 483), and is situated north-north-west of Weedon Lois village. The horizon here is defined by wide, unremarkable skies that press down upon the fields, lending a singular clarity to the shifting light of the afternoon. Only a short walk to the south-west, the Plumpton Pasture Sssi preserves a fragile, unploughed history of wildflowers that have survived the turning of centuries. Nearby, the earth rises in subtle, deliberate mounds at the Castle Hill Ringwork, where the ghosts of medieval fortifications linger beneath a thick mantle of grass. Plumpton draws its character from this stark, agrarian patience, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares. To the north-west, the grand ruins of the monastery at Canons Ashby further anchor the horizon, grounding the landscape in a long-standing tradition of stone and silence. Life in Plumpton moves with the slow, rhythmic pulse of the seasons, indifferent to the haste of the world beyond its borders.
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About This Plumpton, Northamptonshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plumpton, 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 Plumpton includes coordinates 52.130184, -1.126547, 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 Plumpton is available on the Plumpton 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.