Oxlode remains a quiet sentinel of the Fens, where the flat horizon swallows the sky in a vast, pale embrace. It lies 5.0 miles north-west of Ely (from Ely: bearing 320°T, OS grid TL 486 863), and is situated west of Pymoor village. The land here holds a profound stillness, defined by the low-lying moisture of the Ouse Washes SSSI, which dictates the pace of life and the movement of the seasons. Oxlode occupies a landscape where the water is never truly absent, reflecting the heavy clouds in channels that cut through the dark, peaty soil. During the winter months, the light takes on a sharp, silvery quality, illuminating the reeds and the distant, singular lines of the drainage ditches. The local character is one of resilience, shaped by centuries of labour against the encroaching floods that once defined this singular expanse. Beyond the domestic boundaries, the remnants of ancient barrows near Honey Hill stand as silent, earthen markers of a long-vanished past. Oxlode endures as a place where the earth and the firmament meet in an unrelenting, horizontal harmony.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oxlode, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Oxlode includes coordinates 52.455119, 0.185918, 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 Oxlode is available on the Oxlode 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.