Poundgreen marks a modest convergence of lanes where the Berkshire landscape begins to lose the suburban urgency of the nearby urban sprawl. It lies 4.0 miles south-south-west of Reading (from Reading: bearing 201°T, OS grid SU 691 672), and is situated south-west of Great Lea Common village. The terrain here holds a quiet, heavy stillness, defined by the low-lying fields that drain slowly toward the meandering course of Burghfield Brook. To the west, the surface of Jubilee Pond captures the shifting grey of the sky, acting as a mirror for the skeletal winter trees that border its edge. Poundgreen retains a rural reticence, its identity shaped more by the damp earth and the passage of field-hedges than by the restless movement of the main roads. A subtle dampness often clings to the air, rising from the water-logged pastures to soften the sharp edges of the horizon. The light in this corner of the county possesses a pale, thin quality, illuminating the flint-flecked walls of the older farm buildings with a cool and steady clarity. Here, the rhythm of the day is dictated by the slow shift of shadows across the common, far removed from the bustle of the larger, more imposing landmarks of the region.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poundgreen, 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 Poundgreen includes coordinates 51.400051, -1.007551, 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 Poundgreen is available on the Poundgreen 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.