Ownham, Berkshire Weather
About Ownham, Berkshire
Ownham marks a quiet interruption in the rolling chalk landscape of West Berkshire, where the land tilts toward the Lambourn valley. It lies 3.8 miles north-west of Newbury (from Newbury: bearing 305°T, OS grid SU 421 705), and is situated south-south-west of Boxford village. The light here has a particular, pale clarity that catches the flint walls of the older cottages, turning their grey surfaces to silver as the sun shifts. To the north, the Boxford Water Meadows SSSIs thrive in the damp, low-lying ground, maintaining a wild, marshy vitality that contrasts with the tidy, groomed fields surrounding the hamlet. A short distance to the east, the rounded flank of Hoar Hill rises to break the horizon, offering a vantage point over the verdant, hushed basin below. Ownham retains a singular stillness, defined less by its modest architecture than by the insistent, seasonal pulse of the surrounding agricultural tracks and hedgerows. This geography dictates a life calibrated to the weather, where the damp breath of the valley floor often lingers long after the morning mist has retreated. Here, the passage of time is measured by the slow accumulation of silt in the stream beds and the deepening of the shadows across the chalky earth.
Flight conditions near Ownham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Ownham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ownham, Berkshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ownham, 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 Ownham includes coordinates 51.432048, -1.394867, 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 Ownham is available on the Ownham 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.