Fairham emerges from the Nottinghamshire landscape as a modern development carved into the quiet transition between urban expansion and the ancient, low-lying fields of the Trent Valley. It lies 2.5 miles south-south-east of Beeston (from Beeston: bearing 158°T, OS grid SK 543 332), and is situated east of Barton in Fabis village. Sunlight catches the metallic edges of the Fairham public artwork nearby, a stark, contemporary sentinel that marks the boundary where new construction meets the older, heavy earth. The terrain rises gently toward Mill Hill, where the horizon broadens to reveal the long, flat shadows cast by the afternoon sun across the meadows. Residents often walk the perimeter of the newer streets, listening to the wind as it travels unimpeded across the open ground. The air here holds the crisp, earthy scent of damp soil and distant river water, a reminder of the proximity to the wider floodplains. Fairham balances this stark, geometric architecture against the soft, irregular lines of the surrounding hills, creating a space where the future feels anchored to the persistent, slow pulse of the local topography.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairham, Nottinghamshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Fairham includes coordinates 52.893543, -1.193082, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Fairham is available on the Fairham map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Nottinghamshire 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.