Upton holds a stillness that suggests the slow, deliberate turning of a dial in the vast machinery of the Cambridgeshire landscape. It lies 5.7 miles north-west of Huntingdon (from Huntingdon: bearing 318°T, OS grid TL 174 784), and is situated north of Alconbury Weston village. The horizon here is marked by the modest rise of Stangate Hill, a silent sentinel that catches the low, pale light of the eastern sky before it spills across the fields. Beyond the immediate boundaries of the houses, the terrain shifts into the dense, ancient canopy of Monk’s Wood and the Odd Quarter SSSI, where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and leaf mould. These woods provide a sharp, dark contrast to the open, arable expanses that define the agricultural character of the region. History lingers in the local topography, visible in the faint, sunken lines of the moated site at Coppingford that hint at medieval foundations now reclaimed by the grass. Upton retains a quiet independence, far removed from the sharp edges of modern industry or the clamour of arterial roads. The sky above seems wider here, unburdened and vast, pressing down upon the tiled roofs with a weight that feels both ancient and entirely present.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upton, 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 Upton includes coordinates 52.391854, -0.27499, 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 Upton is available on the Upton 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.