Caxton, Cambridgeshire Weather
About Caxton, Cambridgeshire
Caxton holds a quiet authority over the flat, expansive plains of South Cambridgeshire, where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the sky. It lies 7.5 miles east of St Neots (from St Neots: bearing 100°T, OS grid TL 303 584), and is situated west-south-west of Cambourne village. The landscape here feels ancient and patient, marked by the slow, silver turnings of the Eastern Brook as it wanders through the damp earth. A short distance away, the grass-covered humps of the Caxton Moats remain as a silent, submerged record of medieval life, holding the rain in dark, reflective basins. Sunlight often catches the low-lying fields with a sharp, clear intensity that defines the edges of every hedge and fence. Travellers once paused here in abundance, drawn by the coaching inns that served the heavy traffic of the old road, though today the pace has retreated into a more private, watchful stillness. The air carries a slight, clean sharpness from the nearby water, grounding the surroundings in the simple reality of clay and silt. Even now, the memory of those bustling travellers lingers in the architecture, marking Caxton as a place that has seen the world pass by while remaining firmly rooted in its own quiet rhythm.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Caxton, Cambridgeshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Caxton, Cambridgeshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Caxton includes coordinates 52.20923, -0.094232, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Caxton is available on the Caxton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cambridgeshire 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.