Wilburton, Cambridgeshire Weather
About Wilburton, Cambridgeshire
Wilburton commands the low-slung, fertile expanse of the Cambridgeshire Fens, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent to the passing of human centuries. It lies 4.9 miles south-west of Ely (from Ely: bearing 228°T, OS grid TL 483 748), and is situated east-south-east of Haddenham village. The architecture of Wilburton adheres to a pragmatic austerity, with houses fashioned from local brick that seems to absorb the pale, thin light of the East Anglian sky. To the east, the rising ground of White Cross Hill provides a rare vantage point over fields that were once reclaimed from stubborn, waterlogged peat. Residents often pass the Wilburton public artwork, a quiet sentinel that stands as a modest focal point amidst the flat, working landscape. Nearby, the mechanical skeleton of the Stretham Pumping Engine remains a stark reminder of the industrial struggle to master the encroaching marshland. This rhythm of land and labour defines the character of Wilburton, a place where the soil demands constant, unromantic attention from those who dwell upon it. The wind here carries no scent of distant peaks, only the sharp, clean clarity of an open, windswept plain.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wilburton, Cambridgeshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wilburton, 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 Wilburton includes coordinates 52.351992, 0.176699, 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 Wilburton is available on the Wilburton 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.