Upper Catesby commands a quiet prominence upon the Northamptonshire ridge, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and turning leaves. It lies 3.5 miles south-west of Daventry (from Daventry: bearing 236°T, OS grid SP 528 593), and is situated south-west of Staverton village. To the east, the rounded profile of Studborough Hill rises against the horizon, catching the low, pale light of the afternoon in a way that makes the surrounding pastures appear almost translucent. The land here holds the memory of deeper antiquity, particularly to the west, where the site of the medieval village and the Cistercian priory of Lower Catesby remain etched into the topography as subtle, grass-grown humps. Upper Catesby feels less like a place of human occupation and more like a high, exposed gallery from which one might observe the slow shift of seasons across the county. The horizon is wide and largely empty, save for the occasional shadow of a cloud passing over the fields that slope away toward the Leam Pool. There is a peculiar, stark honesty in the way the stone walls and hedgerows define the boundaries of this high ground, resisting the encroachment of the modern world. Life in Upper Catesby proceeds with a steady, unadorned gravity, indifferent to the bustle of the nearby market towns.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Catesby, 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 Upper Catesby includes coordinates 52.229941, -1.228019, 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 Upper Catesby is available on the Upper Catesby 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.