Southington traces its quiet lines across the Hampshire chalk, where the water table dictates the rhythm of the fields and the depth of the winter ditches. It lies 2.9 miles east-north-east of Whitchurch (from Whitchurch: bearing 73°T, OS grid SU 507 494), and is situated west-south-west of Overton village. The land here holds a particular clarity, a pale, flint-strewn earth that reflects the grey-blue sky of the Test Valley with stark precision. To the west-south-west, the expansive 136 hectares of Laverstoke Park stretch out, their managed pastures softening the transition between the working farmland and the river’s edge. A short distance to the north-east, the Glebe Cat stands as a curious, singular mark upon the landscape, a piece of public art that catches the low sun and casts a long, geometric shadow across the grass. Southington feels less like a fixed point and more like a pause in the steady, westward flow of the chalk stream, where the damp air carries the scent of watercress and wet limestone. Even the nearby slopes of Rotten Hill seem to hold their breath, rising with a stubborn, geological patience above the valley floor. This is a place where the geography is etched into the daily movement of the wind, pulling cool currents through the gaps in the hedgerows and over the quiet, hidden reaches of the countryside.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southington, 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 Southington includes coordinates 51.242341, -1.274888, 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 Southington is available on the Southington 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.