Minstead, Hampshire Weather
About Minstead, Hampshire
Minstead carries the quiet dignity of a place where the ancient woods meet the slow, deliberate pace of Hampshire life. It lies 5.1 miles west-south-west of Totton (from Totton: bearing 254°T, OS grid SU 281 110), and is situated north-north-west of Emery Down village. Within the verdant boundaries of the New Forest National Park, Minstead maintains a landscape where the light seems to linger longer against the lichened stone of its older cottages. To the west, the gentle, winding course of Fleet Water provides a rhythmic pulse to the surrounding meadows, offering a cool relief to the wandering ponies. Nearby, the grassy ramparts of Malwood Castle Hillfort offer a silent, elevated vantage point, holding the echoes of iron-age shadows above the modern canopy. Minstead finds its character in these intersections of earth and history, where the verdant slopes of Clay Hill rise to meet the shifting clouds. Visitors often pause near the local church, where the air possesses a clarity that makes the surrounding woodland seem almost luminous in the late afternoon. This is a place that does not demand attention, but rather rewards those who observe the way the shadows lengthen across the common ground.
Flight conditions near Minstead. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Minstead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Minstead, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Minstead, 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 Minstead includes coordinates 50.898211, -1.600986, 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 Minstead is available on the Minstead 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.