Popham defines the quiet, chalk-streaked landscape of Hampshire with a restrained, open posture. It lies 6.6 miles east-south-east of Whitchurch (from Whitchurch: bearing 114°T, OS grid SU 559 438), and is situated south of North Waltham village. The land here rises and falls with a deliberate, slow rhythm, carrying the pale light of the South East across vast, arable fields. To the west, the ancient earthworks of the Popham Beacons Round Barrow Cemetery hold the silence of centuries against the modern passing of the nearby motorway. A short distance to the east, the thick, shadowed canopy of The Holt offers a sharp contrast to the exposed, wind-swept ridges that dominate the horizon. Agriculture remains the steady pulse of Popham, where the soil yields to the heavy machinery of the season beneath wide, indifferent skies. The air here tastes of flint and damp earth, stripped of ornament and honest in its spareness. Even as the modern world brushes the edge of the horizon, Popham retains a stubborn, solitary stillness that refuses to be hurried.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Popham, 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 Popham includes coordinates 51.19109, -1.200966, 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 Popham is available on the Popham 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.