Wicken, Cambridgeshire Weather
About Wicken, Cambridgeshire
Wicken reveals itself as a low-slung horizon of fertile soil and wide, indifferent skies where the air tastes faintly of damp peat and ancient reeds. It lies 2.0 miles south-west of Soham (from Soham: bearing 228°T, OS grid TL 570 707). Visitors are often greeted first by the Wicken Village Sign, a singular piece of public artwork that marks the threshold between the solid road and the shifting, watery history of the fens. Beyond the houses, the land flattens into a vast, reclaimed expanse where the light seems to break into shards against the horizon. Wicken Fen stretches out to the west, an immense, primordial sanctuary that preserves the wild character of a landscape that once defied the ambitions of engineers. The quiet presence of Monk's Lode serves as a reminder of the vital, hidden arteries that have long drained and defined this geography. Here, the passage of time is measured not by the ticking of clocks but by the slow, seasonal pulse of the groundwater rising and falling against the banks. Wicken remains a place where the earth holds its secrets with a stubborn, silent composure, indifferent to the hurried progress of the wider world.
Flight conditions near Wicken. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Wicken and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wicken, Cambridgeshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wicken, 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 Wicken includes coordinates 52.312148, 0.302866, 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 Wicken is available on the Wicken 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.