Red Rice emerges from the Hampshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the chalky soil and the expansive, open sky of the Test Valley. It lies 2.7 miles south-west of Andover (from Andover: bearing 218°T, OS grid SU 337 419), and is situated south-south-east of Abbotts Ann village. The terrain here holds a persistent stillness, as if the land itself were listening to the wind moving across the nearby ramparts of Bury Hill Camp. A sense of long-standing permanence clings to the architecture of Red Rice, where traditional brickwork catches the pale, horizontal light of late afternoon. To the south, the shallow depression of Dipden Bottom gathers the evening mist, softening the edges of the hedgerows that mark the ancient boundaries of the fields. The rhythm of life in Red Rice remains tethered to the slow, seasonal turn of the surrounding arable plains. One might trace the shadows lengthening across the grass, observing how the modern world thins to a whisper against such enduring topography.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Rice, 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 Red Rice includes coordinates 51.176216, -1.517884, 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 Red Rice is available on the Red Rice 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.