South Town emerges from the East Hampshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady, unpretentious pace of rural life. It lies 4.2 miles west-south-west of Alton (from Alton: bearing 243°T, OS grid SU 657 361), and is situated north-north-east of Soldridge village. The incline of Dry Hill rises sharply just to the west, casting a long, cooling shadow over the neighbouring fields as the afternoon sun begins its slow descent. Residents of South Town often look toward the distant horizon where the light catches the surface of Five Ash Pond, a mirror for the shifting Hampshire clouds. Ancient earthworks lie nearby, serving as silent witnesses to the generations who have worked this chalky, resilient soil. The surrounding topography encourages a contemplative stillness, where the wind carries only the distant sound of farm machinery or the shifting of birds in the hedgerows. South Town maintains a modest dignity, far from the frantic demands of modern commerce, anchored firmly in the slow turning of the seasons.
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Live animated radar for South Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Town, 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 South Town includes coordinates 51.12108, -1.062106, 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 South Town is available on the South Town 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.