Ancient chalk streams carve a silver path through the verdant heart of the South Downs National Park, defining the quiet grace of Cheriton. It lies 2.6 miles south of New Alresford (from New Alresford: bearing 188°T, OS grid SU 583 285), and is situated north-north-west of New Cheriton village. The landscape here breathes with the memory of the 1644 battle, where the earth still holds the weight of a turning point in the English Civil War across a vast, quiet expanse. To the south-east, the damp, reedy tranquility of Hinton Marsh offers a stark contrast to the rolling, open ridges that dominate the horizon. Cheriton maintains a steady, rooted character, marked by the flint-walled architecture that mirrors the pale, stony geology of the surrounding hills. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the ripples of the infant River Itchen as it winds past the parish church. The proximity of the Long Barrow North Of Lamborough Lane serves as a silent reminder of the deep, Neolithic roots that anchor this topography to the distant past. Through every season, the air carries a crisp, lingering freshness that seems to rise directly from the limestone aquifers beneath the soil.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cheriton, 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 Cheriton includes coordinates 51.05345, -1.169309, 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 Cheriton is available on the Cheriton 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.