Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire Weather
About Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire
Stokenchurch commands the high, chalky plateau of the Chiltern Hills, where the air thins and sharpens against the exposed ridges. It lies 4.6 miles east-north-east of Watlington (from Watlington: bearing 77°T, OS grid SU 760 962), and is situated west of Waterend village. The land here rises abruptly from the surrounding plains, offering a vantage point that once served as a vital thoroughfare for travellers crossing the spine of southern England. To the north-east, the slopes of Park Hill catch the morning light, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the older, timber-framed cottages of the high street. Nearby, the dense canopy of Penley Wood anchors the southern horizon, its heavy, silent presence providing a stark contrast to the open, windswept fields of the plateau. Stokenchurch earned historical renown for its chair-making industry, where craftsmen once shaped the local beechwood into the distinctive Windsor chairs that furnished homes across the nation. Today, the village retains a singular, rugged character, defined as much by its proximity to the ancient, sweeping contours of Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve as by its enduring links to the road. The light in this corner of Buckinghamshire possesses a peculiar, translucent quality, filtering through the beech leaves to illuminate the flint-knapped walls of the older structures with a ghostly, silver glow.
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About This Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stokenchurch, 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 Stokenchurch includes coordinates 51.660131, -0.901807, 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 Stokenchurch is available on the Stokenchurch 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.