Stretton, Rutland Weather
About Stretton, Rutland
Stretton claims a quiet prominence upon the limestone plateau of Rutland, where the earth holds the cool, pale memory of ancient seas. It lies 7.1 miles north-east of Oakham (from Oakham: bearing 53°T, OS grid SK 949 158), and is situated west of Clipsham village. The local character is defined by the Stretton Village Sign, a piece of public art that stands as a silent sentinel at the heart of the parish, marking the transition from the bustling A1 corridor to the slower, more deliberate pace of the countryside. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the landscape softens into the Greetham Meadows Sssi, where the grasses bow under the weight of heavy, mid-afternoon dew and the air tastes of damp earth and clover. A short distance away, the waters of Stretton Lakes catch the fractured light of the sky, mirroring the shifting moods of a climate dictated by the open horizon. The soil here, thin and stony, has long dictated the patterns of work and movement, forcing the roots of trees and the foundations of houses to fight for purchase against the bedrock. In the quiet transition of the seasons, the nearby woodland edges seem to pull the horizon closer, grounding Stretton in a geography that feels both ancient and stubbornly present.
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Live animated radar for Stretton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Stretton, Rutland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stretton, 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 Stretton includes coordinates 52.732086, -0.595831, 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 Stretton is available on the Stretton 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.