Silkstead, Hampshire Weather
About Silkstead, Hampshire
Silkstead remains a quiet arrangement of brick and flint, holding its ground amidst the rolling chalk landscape of Hampshire. It lies 3.5 miles north of Eastleigh (from Eastleigh: bearing 351°T, OS grid SU 446 245), and is situated east-south-east of Hursley village. The light here often lingers on the pale, dry lanes, catching the edges of hedgerows that have long marked the boundaries of local farmland. To the south, the expansive acreage of Cranbury Park softens the horizon, its ancient timber casting long, cooling shadows across the approach to the houses. Silkstead maintains a modest composure, defined less by grand architecture than by the slow, seasonal shift of shadows across its narrow thoroughfares. Beyond the immediate gardens, the terrain rises toward the modest elevation of Yew Hill, where the wind carries a persistent, clean clarity from the open downs. This persistence of open space ensures that Silkstead retains a distinct, uncrowded character, where the architecture feels like a mere guest of the surrounding fields.
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Live animated radar for Silkstead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Silkstead, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Silkstead, 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 Silkstead includes coordinates 51.019042, -1.365299, 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 Silkstead is available on the Silkstead 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.