Crafton, Buckinghamshire Weather
About Crafton, Buckinghamshire
Crafton reveals itself as a quiet collection of dwellings, tethered to the rolling agricultural landscape of Buckinghamshire. It lies 3.8 miles south-south-west of Leighton Buzzard (from Leighton Buzzard: bearing 211°T, OS grid SP 891 197), and is situated west of Mentmore village. The earth here retains the faint, stubborn memory of the past, particularly where the Medieval Settlement Remains at Crafton mark the ground with subtle, grass-covered hollows. Light stretches thin and pale across the fields in the late afternoon, catching the edges of the nearby woodland known as The Belt. A short distance to the north, the modest rise of Windmill Hill provides a vantage point over the flat, working plains that define the local horizon. Crafton remains defined by this open, uncomplicated expanse, where the wind carries no sound but the rustle of dry hedgerows. The architecture of the nearby Mentmore Towers looms in the distance, a heavy, ornate silhouette against the sky that contrasts sharply with the humble, functional character of the surrounding lanes. Life in Crafton proceeds with a slow, deliberate cadence, largely removed from the frantic pace of the modern commuter routes nearby.
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Live animated radar for Crafton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Crafton, Buckinghamshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crafton, 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 Crafton includes coordinates 51.869411, -0.706663, 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 Crafton is available on the Crafton 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.