Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire Weather
About Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire
Great Kingshill occupies a high, exposed ridge of the Chiltern Hills, commanding a long view over the surrounding Buckinghamshire plateau. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-east of High Wycombe (from High Wycombe: bearing 17°T, OS grid SU 881 981), and is situated north-north-west of Widmer End village. The landscape here is defined by the thin, flinty soil of the chalk uplands, where the sky seems to weigh more heavily upon the earth than in the sheltered lowlands below. Only a short walk to the south-east, the quiet surface of Cockpit Hole reflects the grey-blue light of the heavens, a solitary pool amidst the rising farmland. Great Kingshill retains a character forged by the agricultural labour of the past, when the open common land served as the heart of local life. To the west, the expansive reach of the Hughenden Valley pulls the eye toward the horizon, offering a stark contrast to the dense, ancient canopy of the nearby Millfield Wood SSSI. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity, untainted by the industrial clamour of the valleys, and the light often lingers upon the rooftops long after the shadows have claimed the lower slopes.
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Live animated radar for Great Kingshill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Kingshill, Buckinghamshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Kingshill, 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 Kingshill includes coordinates 51.675302, -0.726517, 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 Kingshill is available on the Great Kingshill 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.