Ley Hill, Buckinghamshire Weather
About Ley Hill, Buckinghamshire
Ley Hill emerges upon the high chalk ridge of the Chilterns, a place where the air carries a crisp, lingering sharpness. It lies 1.9 miles east of Chesham (from Chesham: bearing 82°T, OS grid SP 989 020), and is situated east-south-east of Botley village. The horizon here is dominated by the quiet rise of Ley Hill itself, a landform that anchors the local topography against the wide, shifting vault of the sky. To the east, the sun often catches the surface of Bovingdon Green Pond, turning the water into a sudden, brilliant shard of silver amidst the fields. Ley Hill maintains a character defined by its expansive common, where the grass grows close to the earth as if pressed down by the weight of centuries. Further afield, the ancient earthworks of the Slight Univallate Hillfort On Whelpley Hill remain as a silent, grassy ghost of fortification against the northern skyline. The lanes threading through the vicinity are narrow and hedge-lined, channelling the wind until it whistles against the flint-knapped walls of the older cottages. Visitors often find that the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sudden, sharp call of a bird or the rhythmic rustle of leaves in the persistent breeze.
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About This Ley Hill, Buckinghamshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ley Hill, 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 Ley Hill includes coordinates 51.708068, -0.569476, 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 Ley Hill is available on the Ley Hill 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.