Crux Easton occupies a high, windswept ridge where the Hampshire chalk downs meet the wide, unyielding sky. It lies 5.6 miles north-north-west of Whitchurch (from Whitchurch: bearing 340°T, OS grid SU 429 565), and is situated east-south-east of Ashmansworth village. The landscape here is defined by the severe, clean lines of the plateau, where the wind carries a sharp, metallic clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every flint wall. Only a short walk away, the Bowl Barrow 610M East Of Crux Easton Church rises as a silent, grassy hump against the horizon, marking a prehistoric occupation that still haunts the modern fields. The light at Crux Easton has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the pale dust of the tracks and turning the surrounding arable land into a patchwork of muted ochre and slate. To the east, the steep rise of Sidown Hill commands the view, acting as a natural sentinel over the rolling terrain that stretches toward the distant, wooded fringes of the estate. The earth here is thin and stony, demanding a quiet resilience from those who work the soil or navigate the exposed lanes. Crux Easton remains a place of profound stillness, where the lack of shelter allows the atmosphere to press close, making the passage of clouds feel like a deliberate, slow-motion performance above the rooftops.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crux Easton, 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 Crux Easton includes coordinates 51.306254, -1.384688, 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 Crux Easton is available on the Crux Easton 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.