Upper Dean, Bedfordshire Weather
About Upper Dean, Bedfordshire
Upper Dean anchors the quiet, clay-heavy landscape of northern Bedfordshire, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent to the passage of centuries. It lies 4.4 miles south-east of Raunds (from Raunds: bearing 140°T, OS grid TL 045 677), and is situated north-north-west of Swineshead village. Rising sharply just a short distance to the north-west, Oakley Hill offers a vantage point from which the limestone cottages of Upper Dean appear as small, pale stones cast into a field of furrowed earth. The air here carries the scent of damp loam and the faint, metallic tang of the nearby Pertenhall Brook, which winds through the lower meadows with persistent, slow-moving purpose. Throughout the year, the light in Upper Dean shifts with a brittle clarity, catching the weathered carvings of All Saints’ Church and the rugged, unadorned surfaces of the surrounding farmsteads. A short distance away, the protected expanse of Swineshead Wood Sssi provides a dense, tangled sanctuary for local wildlife, standing in stark contrast to the open, arable expanses that define the parish. Life in Upper Dean moves in accordance with the seasonal cycles of the surrounding fields, where the heavy soil demands a patient, methodical labour from those who work it. Such a landscape offers little in the way of ornament, yet it possesses a stark, enduring gravity that rewards the observant eye.
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Live animated radar for Upper Dean and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Dean, Bedfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Dean, 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 Upper Dean includes coordinates 52.297521, -0.46813, 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 Upper Dean is available on the Upper Dean 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.