Avon keeps a quiet watch over the verdant Hampshire landscape, where the earth holds the memory of ancient inhabitants in its low, grassy mounds. It lies 3.5 miles north of Christchurch (from Christchurch: bearing 352°T, OS grid SZ 146 988), and is situated west of Ripley village. The horizon here is defined by the soft transition from pasture to the wilder, shadowed reaches of Hurn Forest, which draws the cool air down from the north. To the west, the water of Tyrrell's Ford catches the waning light, reflecting a sky that seems wider and more reflective than elsewhere in the district. Time moves with the deliberate pace of the nearby waterways, where the reeds sway in a rhythm indifferent to the haste of the modern world. Ancient earthworks, such as the bowl barrows that punctuate the common, offer a silent companionship to those who walk the paths between the thickets. Sunlight glints against the damp bark of trees and the pale, worn stones, lending an ethereal clarity to the fields that surround Avon. This corner of the New Forest district retains a solitude that feels earned, keeping its secrets beneath a canopy of leaves and the persistent, low hum of the countryside.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Avon, Hampshire, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Avon includes coordinates 50.788659, -1.793365, in the county of Hampshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Avon is available on the Avon map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Hampshire 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.