Scrooby Top reveals its quiet identity through the low-lying fields of the Bassetlaw district, where the earth holds a steady, ancient composure. It lies 2.5 miles south of Bawtry (from Bawtry: bearing 177°T, OS grid SK 654 889), and is situated north of Ranskill village. A cool, thin light often brushes across the local topography, highlighting the stark transition between the working land and the protected wildness of the nearby Scrooby Top Quarry SSSI. This geological site preserves a rugged, stony character that contrasts sharply with the managed, verdant pastures defining the surrounding horizon. Further north, the earth rises toward the prominence of Gibbet Hill, providing a silent vantage point over the flat, expansive Nottinghamshire plains. The air here carries the faint, crisp scent of dampened soil, a reminder of the proximity of the River Ryton as it winds its slow course through the northern reaches. Daily life in Scrooby Top maintains a measured pace, governed by the rhythm of the seasons rather than the haste of the nearby thoroughfares. These fields and ridges comprise a landscape of subtle shifts, where the sky seems to occupy more space than the earth itself.
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Live animated radar for Scrooby Top and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Scrooby Top, 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 Scrooby Top includes coordinates 53.393576, -1.017879, 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 Scrooby Top is available on the Scrooby Top 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.