Speen commands the high, chalky ridges of the Chiltern Hills, where the air thins and sharpens against the steep slopes. It lies 2.9 miles south-east of Princes Risborough (from Princes Risborough: bearing 142°T, OS grid SU 837 998), and is situated east-south-east of Lacey Green village. The light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the flint-knapped walls of cottages with a pale, silver intensity that makes the stone appear almost translucent. To the north-northeast, the canopy of Monkton Wood creates a dense, dark anchor against the sky, tempering the openness of the plateau. A short distance to the southwest, the ancient earthworks of Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch trace a weathered, grassy scar across the landscape, marking a forgotten boundary of human ambition. Speen maintains a quiet, deliberate composure, its lanes winding between hedgerows that hold the dust of centuries in their tangled roots. Beneath the heavy, shifting clouds, the fields fall away into the deep troughs of the valley, revealing a terrain that demands a sturdy step and a clear eye.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Speen, 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 Speen includes coordinates 51.691379, -0.79036, 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 Speen is available on the Speen 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.