Chilbolton, Hampshire Weather
About Chilbolton, Hampshire
Chilbolton emerges from the lush, water-meadowed floor of the Test Valley as a quiet study in chalk-stream patience. It lies 3.9 miles south-south-east of Andover (from Andover: bearing 154°T, OS grid SU 392 399), and is situated south-south-east of Wherwell village. The landscape surrounding Chilbolton remains defined by the damp, rhythmic pulse of the River Test, which feeds the reed-beds and marshy expanses of the Chilbolton Common SSSI. Here, the light catches the silvered grasses with a sharpness that seems to sharpen the very air, lending the water an almost metallic clarity. To the west, the chalky slopes of West Down rise abruptly from the valley, offering a sudden, silent elevation above the damp grazing lands. Local history lingers in the soil, marked by the ancient, hidden geometry of the cropmark enclosures found to the south-east. Chilbolton maintains a certain dignified stillness, where the persistent movement of the river acts as the primary clock for the inhabitants. This geography ensures that the horizon is never static, shifting instead with the seasonal flooding and the pale, translucent greens of the Test Valley spring.
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Live animated radar for Chilbolton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Chilbolton, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chilbolton, 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 Chilbolton includes coordinates 51.15723, -1.440179, 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 Chilbolton is available on the Chilbolton 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.