St Leonards emerges from the high, chalky ridges of the Chilterns, where the air thins and sharpens against the grey flint walls of local cottages. It lies 2.6 miles east of Wendover (from Wendover: bearing 100°T, OS grid SP 910 071), and is situated west of Buckland Common village. The landscape around St Leonards carries the deep, silent weight of ancient earthworks, most notably the nearby section of Buckinghamshire Grim’s Ditch, which cuts a sudden, enigmatic shadow through the woodland floor. Sunlight here catches the pale, crushed stone of the tracks, reflecting a stark luminosity that defines the high plateau. To the west, the rise of Cock’s Hill disrupts the horizon, offering a stark silhouette against the shifting, pale blue expanse of the sky. The architecture of St Leonards remains tethered to the quiet gravity of its parish church, a structure that has watched the seasons turn over the Chiltern escarpment for centuries. Life here moves with a deliberate, slow grace, far removed from the clamour of the low-lying plains. Every path leading away from the centre feels like a deliberate step back into an older, more solitary version of the English landscape.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Leonards, 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 St Leonards includes coordinates 51.755598, -0.682563, 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 St Leonards is available on the St Leonards 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.