Holbury marks a distinct threshold where the industrial hum of the Fawley refinery gives way to the verdant, quiet fringes of the New Forest. It lies 5.1 miles south-south-east of Southampton (from Southampton: bearing 168°T, OS grid SU 437 037), and is situated south-east of Little Holbury village. The light here often catches the flat, low-lying horizon with a pale, silver clarity that renders the surrounding landscape strangely luminous. To the west, the ancient earthworks of the moated site and fishponds near Holbury Manor Park whisper of medieval lives once tethered to these damp, fertile soils. Residents often walk the perimeter of these hidden waters, where the stillness of the reeds contrasts sharply with the nearby coastal bustle. Further toward the heath, the presence of prehistoric burial mounds provides a grounded gravity, grounding the modern sprawl in a much deeper, more silent chronology. Even as the seasons turn, the air retains a sharp, saline tang, carried inland from the nearby estuaries that define this corner of Hampshire. Holbury remains a place of transition, balancing the quietude of ancient forest edges against the persistent, rhythmic pulse of the Solent.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Holbury, 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 Holbury includes coordinates 50.832081, -1.380702, 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 Holbury is available on the Holbury 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.