Longlane reveals itself as a quiet sequence of homes tracing the higher ground of the Berkshire landscape. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-west of Thatcham (from Thatcham: bearing 339°T, OS grid SU 499 719), and is situated east-north-east of Curridge village. Sunlight often lingers upon the flinty tracks here, illuminating the way toward the verdant hollow of Yewtree Bottom. The earth beneath Longlane retains a geological memory, its sands and gravels echoing the ancient strata found nearby at the Cold Ash Quarry Sssi. Residents look out across a horizon defined by the steady presence of Fence Wood, where the trees hold the silence of the shifting seasons. The local topography rises with a deliberate, muscular grace, lifting the houses above the damp shadows of the lower pastures. Every garden fence and hedgerow in Longlane seems to catch the crisp, thin air that rolls down from the higher ridges. This expanse of open sky grants the place a solitary dignity, far removed from the hurried pulse of the nearby Newbury Show Ground.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longlane, 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 Longlane includes coordinates 51.444725, -1.282898, 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 Longlane is available on the Longlane 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.