Clophill emerges from the verdant folds of the Bedfordshire landscape, a place where the horizon seems to hold its breath against the encroaching sky. It lies 3.2 miles east of Ampthill (from Ampthill: bearing 93°T, OS grid TL 086 379), and is situated north-north-east of Silsoe village. The River Flit meanders nearby, its waters carving a quiet, silver path through the low-lying meadows that border the southern edge of the parish. Above the rooftops, the skeletal silhouette of Old St Mary’s Church stands as a haunting sentinel, its roofless stone walls catching the amber glow of a setting sun. To the north, the rise of Pine Hill provides a natural vantage point, overlooking the patchwork fields that have defined this geography for centuries. The earth here carries the weight of memory, particularly near the site of Cainhoe Castle, where the earthworks suggest a long-vanished seat of medieval authority. Clophill maintains a distinct character, balanced between the remnants of its ecclesiastical past and the steady, unpretentious flow of modern rural life. The air remains crisp and clear, carrying the scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic rustle of wind through the surrounding copses.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clophill, Bedfordshire, 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 Clophill includes coordinates 52.029382, -0.418332, in the county of Bedfordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Clophill is available on the Clophill map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Bedfordshire 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.