Itchen, Hampshire Weather
About Itchen, Hampshire
Itchen holds a steady, salt-edged gaze across the shifting tides of the River Itchen. It lies 1.3 miles east-south-east of Southampton (from Southampton: bearing 105°T, OS grid SU 440 113). The geography here is shaped by the meeting of river and sea, where the low-lying terrain catches a distinctive, pale light that seems to bleach the brickwork of older homes. Residents often walk the paths toward Miller’s Pond, where the water remains unnaturally still, reflecting the grey-blue Hampshire sky with a mirror-like clarity. To the south, the shoreline at Weston Point invites a bracing wind, carrying the faint, rhythmic chime of rigging from the nearby docks. Itchen retains a quiet, industrial character, marked by the persistent hum of the shipping lanes that have long defined the local horizon. Beyond the urban fringe, the green expanse of Freemantle Common offers a brief reprieve, its slopes rising gently to break the monotony of the suburban sprawl. The history of Itchen remains anchored to this maritime commerce, leaving the streets to feel perpetually expectant of the tide.
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Live animated radar for Itchen and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Itchen, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Itchen, 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 Itchen includes coordinates 50.899861, -1.374571, 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 Itchen is available on the Itchen 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.