Fenton remains a quiet anchor of the Nottinghamshire landscape, defined by its flat, expansive fields and the wide, open sky of the East Midlands. It lies 4.6 miles south-south-west of Gainsborough (from Gainsborough: bearing 200°T, OS grid SK 791 830), and is situated north-east of North Leverton with Habblesthorpe village. Low, persistent light stretches across the horizon here, catching the edges of the ancient, earthwork-defined medieval settlement and open field system that lingers just to the north-east like a phantom map of earlier labourers. Fenton maintains a modest, agricultural character where the stillness of the soil seems to absorb the passing of hours. To the south, the protected grasses of Ashton’s Meadow SSSI offer a subtle, vibrant contrast to the working farmland that surrounds the dwellings. The air often carries a cool, damp clarity, suggesting the proximity of the low-lying terrain that stretches toward the Trent valley. Life in Fenton moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, governed by the turning of the plough and the shifting patterns of the clouds. This corner of Bassetlaw holds a singular, unvarnished beauty, where the past is not a museum piece but a layer of the very ground beneath one's boots.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fenton, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Fenton includes coordinates 53.33826, -0.812416, 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 Fenton is available on the Fenton 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.