Latimer commands a quiet prominence over the chalky slopes of the Chess Valley, where the air holds a distinct, sharpened clarity. It lies 2.1 miles north-west of Chorleywood (from Chorleywood: bearing 323°T, OS grid TQ 003 988), and is situated west-north-west of Chenies village. The landscape around Latimer descends toward the river, where the persistent movement of the Great Water River Chess carves a bright, cold line through the valley floor. Near the water, the hush of the countryside is broken only by the sudden, rhythmic tumble of the Neptune Waterfall. Beyond the stream, the skeletal remains of the Old Church of St Mary Magdalene offer a stark silhouette against the sky, marking a boundary where human architecture has surrendered to the slow reclamation of the earth. The expansive grounds of Latimer Park stretch out to the west, covering vast hectares of managed woodland that catch the low, slanted light of an English afternoon. These fields and waterways form a geography of pale flint and moving water, defined by a geology that refuses to yield to the clutter of modern expansion. Latimer remains a place of deliberate pauses, where the horizon is measured not by stone walls, but by the steady, unceasing passage of the river.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Latimer, 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 Latimer includes coordinates 51.679464, -0.550374, 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 Latimer is available on the Latimer 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.