Selborne draws its character from the deep, chalky hollows and the ancient, brooding beech woods that crest its high ridges. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Bordon (from Bordon: bearing 250°T, OS grid SU 742 335), and is situated north-north-west of Empshott village. The terrain rises sharply into the embrace of the South Downs National Park, where the light filters through dense canopies to catch the pale, exposed marl of the paths. Selborne Common Sssi guards these heights, preserving a wild, rugged austerity that has persisted since the naturalist Gilbert White first documented the local swifts and tortoises. His former residence, The Wakes, remains a quiet anchor for the spirit, standing near the site where the village has long cultivated its relationship with the land. Below the slopes, the cool, clear pulse of The Well Head Stream rises from the earth to feed the verdant dampness of the surrounding pastures. These waters provide a persistent, silver music that underscores the stillness of a place defined by its steep, hanger-crowned topography. Time here does not rush, but settles into the flint-knapped walls and the quiet persistence of the Hanger woods that loom over the rooftops.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Selborne, 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 Selborne includes coordinates 51.096167, -0.940538, 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 Selborne is available on the Selborne 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.