Bledlow reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings tucked against the steep chalk escarpment of the Chiltern Hills. It lies 2.2 miles west-south-west of Princes Risborough (from Princes Risborough: bearing 257°T, OS grid SP 773 026), and is situated south-west of Pitch Green village. The light here seems to catch on the pale, porous stone of the local architecture, lending the buildings a luminous quality that shifts with the passing clouds. To the south, the ancient outline of Bledlow Cross is carved into the hillside, a mark upon the landscape that has watched over the parish for generations. The land rises sharply toward the heights of Wain Hill, where the air grows thin and carries the scent of wild thyme and crushed chalk. Below these elevations, the verdant space of The Green offers a level respite, its grass maintained with a precision that contrasts against the wilder, scrub-filled slopes nearby. Bledlow maintains a character defined by this proximity to the high ridge, where the transition from the valley floor to the soaring heights creates a sense of profound, singular isolation.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bledlow, Buckinghamshire, 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 Bledlow includes coordinates 51.717362, -0.881791, in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Bledlow is available on the Bledlow map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Buckinghamshire 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.