Little Down reveals itself as a quiet gathering of dwellings upon the chalky folds of the Hampshire landscape. It lies 6.5 miles south of Hungerford (from Hungerford: bearing 173°T, OS grid SU 350 580), and is situated north-east of Vernham Dean village. The horizon here is dominated by the quiet rise of Heaven Hill, which catches the morning light and casts long, sober shadows across the fields. To the north, the ancient expanse of the Combe Wood And Linkenholt Hanging Sssi provides a dense, emerald sanctuary for the local flora. Little Down endures as a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, marked by the slow turning of the soil and the persistent growth of hedgerows. The air carries a sharpness that suggests the proximity of high, open ground, untroubled by the clamour of busier roads. Here, the earth feels older than the houses, holding the silence of the countryside in its firm, limestone grip. Time passes with little ceremony, measured only by the changing hues of the sky and the migration of birds between the woods and the nearby ponds.
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Live animated radar for Little Down and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Down, 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 Little Down includes coordinates 51.320578, -1.497718, 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 Little Down is available on the Little Down 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.