Horton, Berkshire Weather
About Horton, Berkshire
Horton reveals itself as a quiet assembly of brick and timber, held in the low, expansive basin of the Thames Valley. It lies 2.9 miles north of Egham (from Egham: bearing 6°T, OS grid TQ 013 759), and is situated south-west of Colnbrook village. The land here is defined by a heavy, watery stillness, as much of the local terrain rests within the Wraysbury Reservoir SSSI, where the horizon is fractured by the pale, slate-grey mirrors of water. These wide, artificial pools catch the shifting light of the sky, turning the landscape into a sequence of luminous plates that seem to swallow the sound of passing traffic. John Milton once walked these fields during his residence in the seventeenth century, likely finding inspiration in the same flat, damp meadows that still stretch towards the horizon today. A short distance away, the Eric Mortimer Rayner Memorial Lakes provide a quiet sanctuary for migratory birds, their reeds shivering in the persistent breeze that sweeps across the open gravel pits. The architecture of Horton remains modest, with flint-walled cottages and the ancient, brooding presence of St Michael’s Church anchoring the collective memory of the site. Beneath the vast, unencumbered clouds of the South East, the earth feels perpetually saturated, holding the weight of centuries in its dark, alluvial soil.
Flight conditions near Horton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Horton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Horton, Berkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horton, 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 Horton includes coordinates 51.473272, -0.542635, 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 Horton is available on the Horton 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.