Kingston on Soar rests upon the quiet, rolling limestone ridges of southern Nottinghamshire, where the air often carries the damp, metallic tang of the nearby River Soar. It lies 3.9 miles south of Long Eaton (from Long Eaton: bearing 170°T, OS grid SK 502 277), and is situated south-south-east of Ratcliffe on Soar village. The local topography is defined by a series of low-lying water bodies, where the stillness of The Pool reflects the shifting grey-blue of the East Midlands sky with mirror-like clarity. Sunlight strikes the stone of the Church of St. Winifred, illuminating the intricate Babington carvings that testify to a legacy of craftsmanship etched in gritstone rather than marble. Residents often traverse the path toward The Green, a modest stretch of managed turf that grounds the residential cluster in a sense of permanence. Beyond the immediate gardens, the landscape opens into a patchwork of fields that have been shaped by centuries of agricultural labour and the slow, persistent reclamation of the floodplains. Kingston on Soar maintains a deliberate detachment from the industrial hum of the wider region, favouring the muted sounds of wind moving through the hedgerows. The horizon remains dominated by the distant cooling towers of the power station, a stark, monolithic contrast to the organic, weathered textures of the local architecture.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingston on Soar, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Kingston on Soar includes coordinates 52.844483, -1.25592, 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 Kingston on Soar is available on the Kingston on Soar 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.