Sawston, Cambridgeshire Weather
About Sawston, Cambridgeshire
Sawston preserves a distinct character defined by its blend of industrial heritage and the quiet persistence of the Cambridgeshire landscape. It lies 6.1 miles south-south-east of Cambridge (from Cambridge: bearing 159°T, OS grid TL 486 493), and is situated north-west of Pampisford village. The horizon here is low and wide, allowing the pale light of the East Anglian sky to wash across the slate roofs and the sturdy brickwork of its older workshops. Within the heart of Sawston, Challis House serves as a repository for local memory, its quiet rooms holding the artifacts of a working life that once revolved around the thriving paper mill. Beyond the domestic architecture, the Sawston Hall Meadows SSSI offers a glimpse into a more ancient, unmanaged terrain where the grasses sway with a heavy, rhythmic indifference to the modern world. The presence of Sawston Hall itself, with its expansive grounds and imposing stone frontage, anchors the southern edge of the landscape in a tradition of permanence. Footpaths trace the perimeter of these fields, leading the eye toward the distant, flattened rise of Borough Hill where the earth remembers the silhouette of a prehistoric fort. This intersection of historical fortification and contemporary industry grants Sawston a singular gravity, one that feels both tethered to the soil and open to the encroaching winds of the surrounding plain.
Flight conditions near Sawston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Sawston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sawston, Cambridgeshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sawston, 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 Sawston includes coordinates 52.122717, 0.169759, 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 Sawston is available on the Sawston 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.