Slapton, Buckinghamshire Weather
About Slapton, Buckinghamshire
Slapton occupies a quiet corner of the Buckinghamshire landscape, where the earth holds the memory of ancient glacial shifts beneath its heavy, fertile clay. It lies 2.8 miles south-south-east of Leighton Buzzard (from Leighton Buzzard: bearing 165°T, OS grid SP 934 207), and is situated south-south-west of Billington village. Small, unassuming lanes wind through the fields, tracing the slow, deliberate movements of the local topography that define the character of Slapton. To the south-south-east, the waters of Whistle Brook trace a silver vein through the meadows, feeding the low-lying ground with a perennial, damp vitality. A short distance away, the remnants of the Butler's Manor Moated Site offer a silent, sunken reflection of a medieval past, where water still gathers in the dark, stagnant hollows of the earth. The light here often hangs low and thick, caught by the moisture rising from the brook and the dense, dark soil of the surrounding arable land. These fields have been worked for centuries, their patterns dictated by the patient geometry of harvest and the stubborn persistence of the seasons. Such quietude allows the land to retain a brooding, singular atmosphere, untouched by the frantic pulse of the nearby market towns.
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About This Slapton, Buckinghamshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slapton, 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 Slapton includes coordinates 51.877709, -0.644248, 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 Slapton is available on the Slapton 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.