St Cross defines the southern threshold of Winchester, where the landscape shifts from urban stone to the fertile, water-meadowed floodplains of the River Itchen. It lies 0.9 miles south-south-west of Winchester (from Winchester: bearing 212°T, OS grid SU 475 280). The horizon is dominated by the chalky, sweeping rise of Saint Catherine’s Hill, which keeps a silent, ancient watch over the low-slung architecture below. A quiet elegance persists in the local lanes, where high walls hide gardens that bloom with a soft, persistent vitality throughout the shifting seasons. The Itchen Navigation threads through the nearby landscape, its waters moving with a deliberate, glass-like clarity that reflects the changing temper of the English sky. St Cross maintains a distinct character, anchored by the medieval almshouses that suggest a lingering, monastic stillness far removed from the bustle of the nearby college streets. Sunlight here has a particular weight, catching the flint-work of old walls and casting long, sharp shadows across the verdant paths that lead toward the river. This balance of historic gravity and flowing water provides the place with a composure that feels both enduring and remarkably light.
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Live animated radar for St Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Cross, 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 St Cross includes coordinates 51.050195, -1.322645, 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 St Cross is available on the St Cross 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.