Englefield displays a quiet composure, defined by the limestone and flint of its architecture and the heavy, fertile silence of the Berkshire landscape. It lies 5.5 miles west of Reading (from Reading: bearing 263°T, OS grid SU 626 720), and is situated west-north-west of Theale village. The estate grounds of Englefield House dominate the southern horizon, where 158 hectares of parkland absorb the golden slant of the afternoon sun. To the south, the surface of Cranemoor Lake holds a mirror to the sky, its stillness rarely broken by more than the occasional ripple of a moorhen. Englefield maintains a dignified reserve, with the parish church spire rising above the ancient lime trees that line the approach. The surrounding fields remain committed to the slow turn of the seasons, untouched by the frantic pace of the nearby trunk roads. A short distance to the north-west, the cooling waters of Maidenhatch Brook trace the contours of the land, feeding into the wider patterns of the valley. Englefield endures as a place where the weight of the past feels less like a burden and more like a steady, grounding presence.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Englefield, Berkshire, 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 Englefield includes coordinates 51.443869, -1.10013, in the county of Berkshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Englefield is available on the Englefield map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Berkshire 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.