Chalky ridges and ancient horizons define the quiet character of Shorley. It lies 4.0 miles south of New Alresford (from New Alresford: bearing 190°T, OS grid SU 577 264), and is situated west of Kilmeston village. This small cluster of dwellings finds itself sheltered within the protective embrace of the South Downs National Park, where the sky seems to stretch wider over the rolling contours of the land. Sunlight catches the pale flint of local walls, casting long, sharp shadows that shift across the fields as the day matures. To the west, the ancient earthworks of the Bell Barrow and its associated field system rise from the turf, marking a silent, centuries-old connection to the soil. The air here holds a crisp, bracing clarity, untainted by the clamour of modern thoroughfares. Shorley remains a place of deliberate stillness, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life far more than any ticking clock.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shorley, 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 Shorley includes coordinates 51.034292, -1.177566, 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 Shorley is available on the Shorley 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.