Long Crendon stretches across the limestone ridges of Buckinghamshire, where the earth holds the pale, cool colour of ancient seas. It lies 1.8 miles north-north-west of Thame (from Thame: bearing 343°T, OS grid SP 696 087), and is situated south-south-east of Chilton village. The high ground provides a vantage point where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of damp fields and turned soil. At the heart of the parish, the medieval Long Crendon Courthouse stands as a timber-framed relic of administrative life, its darkened oak beams weathering the centuries in silence. To the east, the slopes of Cop Hill rise abruptly, offering a sudden change in elevation that catches the low, golden light of late afternoons. Further along the landscape, the ruins of Notley Abbey rest in the quiet fields, their stone fragments marking a place where monastic ambition once met the slow, inevitable return of ivy and grass. Long Crendon retains a sturdy composure, defined by narrow lanes and houses built from the local stone that seems to bloom whenever the sun breaks through the grey clouds. A pedestrian walking these paths might notice how the shadows shift across the irregular walls, revealing the patient work of masons long departed.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Crendon, 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 Long Crendon includes coordinates 51.77337, -0.992168, 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 Long Crendon is available on the Long Crendon 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.