Great Kimble holds a quiet authority over the chalky contours of the Chiltern foothills, where the land rises to meet the sky in long, pale sweeps. It lies 1.9 miles north-east of Princes Risborough (from Princes Risborough: bearing 34°T, OS grid SP 824 060), and is situated south of Little Kimble village. Ancient earthworks ripple beneath the grass at the Dial Hill Roman Barrow, keeping a silent watch over the fields as the afternoon sun pulls long, amber shadows across the pasture. Great Kimble maintains a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pulse of the modern world, anchored by the sturdy flint walls of St Nicholas’s Church. To the east, the steep slopes of Ragpit Hill catch the wind, offering a vantage point where the geography of the surrounding vale reveals its complex, layered heritage. The soil here is thin and quick-draining, fostering a distinct flora that flourishes in the protected pockets of the nearby Ellesborough and Kimble Warrens. Time in Great Kimble seems to move with the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons, marked more by the shifting light upon the hills than by the ticking of a clock.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Kimble, 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 Great Kimble includes coordinates 51.74687, -0.807478, 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 Great Kimble is available on the Great Kimble 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.