Ridlington commands a quiet prominence atop a limestone ridge, looking out across the gentle folds of the Rutland landscape. It lies 2.1 miles north-north-west of Uppingham (from Uppingham: bearing 334°T, OS grid SK 850 027), and is situated west of Preston village. The light here seems to sharpen the edges of the ironstone cottages, casting long, deliberate shadows that reach toward the nearby Bronze Age Enclosure. Ancient earthworks lie just a short walk away, offering a silent, heavy memory of those who first cleared the woodland to till this stubborn earth. To the east, the historic ruins of Martinsthorpe linger in the cooling air, a ghost of a lost parish that once shared the same horizon as Ridlington. The agricultural fields ripple in the breeze like a vast, green tide, periodically interrupted by the sturdy, unadorned architecture that defines the local vernacular. A pervasive stillness clings to the lanes, undisturbed by the modern world, as if the land itself prefers the company of its own long-held secrets.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ridlington, Rutland, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ridlington includes coordinates 52.615804, -0.744779, in the county of Rutland, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Ridlington is available on the Ridlington map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Rutland 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.