Fawley commands the high, chalky ridges of the Chilterns, where the air holds a distinct, bracing clarity. It lies 2.6 miles north of Henley-on-Thames (from Henley-on-Thames: bearing 351°T, OS grid SU 753 867), and is situated north-east of Middle Assendon village. The topography here is defined by sudden drops and elevations, most notably the slopes of Sandy Hill to the east, which catch the low, slanted sunlight of late afternoon. Beneath these heights, the landscape softens into the quiet, hollowed depression of Fawley Bottom, where the earth seems to hold the silence of a long-settled pastoral life. Fawley remains a place of flint walls and deep, ancient lanes that resist the encroachment of modern haste. Farther out, the dense canopy of Great Wood darkens the horizon, a sprawling counterpoint to the open, wind-swept fields that define the immediate surroundings. These elevations and valleys dictate the movement of the local rain and the slow, deliberate pace of the few who still work the surrounding land. Fawley persists as a quiet observer of the shifting seasons, anchored by the steady, unyielding geology beneath its soil.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fawley, 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 Fawley includes coordinates 51.574271, -0.91356, 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 Fawley is available on the Fawley 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.