Walesby emerges from the quiet Nottinghamshire landscape as a collection of stone and brick homes gathered under the expansive, shifting light of the East Midlands. It lies 6.7 miles south-south-west of Retford (from Retford: bearing 193°T, OS grid SK 681 705), and is situated north-north-east of Boughton village. The terrain around Walesby tilts gently toward the water, where the meandering course of Boughton Dyke carves a slow, silver path through the fields to the south. To the north, the earth retains the lingering memory of medieval fortification, marked by the ancient earthworks of the Haughton Decoy and Motte and Bailey Castle. The horizon here is defined by a wide, open sky that draws the eye toward the distant, wooded rise of Willoughby Hill. Sunlight catches the weathered masonry of the parish church, a structure that has watched the seasons turn over the agrarian plains for generations. The air in Walesby carries the faint, crisp scent of damp earth and coming rain, typical of a region where the proximity of water keeps the pastures lush. Such places possess a calm gravity, grounding the spirit amidst the vast, arable reaches of the district.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Walesby, 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 Walesby includes coordinates 53.227925, -0.980373, 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 Walesby is available on the Walesby 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.