Prestwood, Buckinghamshire Weather
About Prestwood, Buckinghamshire
Prestwood rises across the rolling Chiltern landscape, a place where the air carries the crisp, sharp scent of beech woods and damp earth. It lies 4.3 miles south of Wendover (from Wendover: bearing 177°T, OS grid SP 873 008), and is situated west-south-west of Great Missenden village. The terrain here is defined by high, chalky ridges that catch the low, amber light of autumn afternoons, casting long, melancholic shadows across the common land. Just a short walk to the north, Wibner Pond reflects the pale, shifting clouds, its surface a quiet mirror to the surrounding canopy. Prestwood grew from the ancient woodland clearings, evolving from a sparse collection of timber-cutters' dwellings into an expansive, sprawling home for those drawn to the plateau’s elevation. Further afield, the John Hampden Monument stands as a solitary sentinel upon the heights, commemorating a legacy of defiance that still seems to hang in the stillness of the local air. The architecture here remains unassuming, favouring modest brickwork and gardens that spill over fences with a wild, untamed vigour. Life in Prestwood moves with the steady pulse of the seasons, unbothered by the frantic pace of the wider world beyond the hills.
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About This Prestwood, Buckinghamshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prestwood, 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 Prestwood includes coordinates 51.699746, -0.736959, 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 Prestwood is available on the Prestwood 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.