Oakley, Hampshire Weather
About Oakley, Hampshire
Oakley preserves a quiet dignity amidst the chalky folds of the Hampshire landscape, its lanes tracing the patterns of an older, agrarian age. It lies 4.1 miles west-south-west of Basingstoke (from Basingstoke: bearing 252°T, OS grid SU 574 503), and is situated south-south-west of Wootton St Lawrence village. The low, amber light of late afternoon often catches the flint walls of local cottages, turning the stone to a warm, honeyed hue that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after it has dipped below the horizon. A mile to the south, the Three Round Barrows Near Bulls Bushes Farm rise as subtle, grass-covered swells in the earth, marking the ancient burial sites of those who first walked these ridges. To the east, the Iron Age Settlement 400M Se Of Battle Down Farm reveals how thoroughly the inhabitants of this terrain have long sought the higher, drier ground for their hearths. Oakley remains defined by these echoes of the past, where the modern pace of life softens against the persistence of the surrounding fields. The air here carries a distinct crispness, especially when the wind shifts across the open plains towards the neighbouring chalk downs. Residents often find that the shadow of history feels less like a burden and more like a companion, grounding the daily routines of Oakley in a landscape that has been carefully tended for centuries.
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Live animated radar for Oakley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Oakley, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakley, 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 Oakley includes coordinates 51.249024, -1.178543, 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 Oakley is available on the Oakley 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.