Botley, Buckinghamshire Weather
About Botley, Buckinghamshire
Botley emerges from the chalky folds of the Chiltern landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the high, open sky of Buckinghamshire. It lies 1.6 miles east-north-east of Chesham (from Chesham: bearing 75°T, OS grid SP 983 022), and is situated west-north-west of Ley Hill village. Ancient field boundaries radiate from the core of Botley, tracing lines that have long dictated the movement of local livestock and the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural life. To the south-east, the elevation of Ley Hill provides a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of turned earth and damp woodland across the intervening pastures. The architecture here favouring flint and brick reflects a pragmatic heritage, built to withstand the biting air that drifts down from the higher ridges. Beyond the immediate lanes, the slight univallate hillfort on Whelpley Hill remains a silent sentinel, its earthworks a subtle wrinkle in the topography that speaks of prehistoric habitation. Winter light catches the pale stone of older houses, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to anchor the buildings firmly into the stubborn clay. Through every season, the landscape retains a stark, unadorned honesty, indifferent to the encroaching bustle of modern transport links nearby.
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About This Botley, Buckinghamshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Botley, 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 Botley includes coordinates 51.710217, -0.577673, 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 Botley is available on the Botley 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.