Ancient yew trees stand sentry over the flint walls of All Saints’ Church, where the light catches the limestone in a pale, ghostly shimmer. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-west of Petersfield (from Petersfield: bearing 336°T, OS grid SU 736 254), and is situated west-south-west of Steep Marsh village. Rolling chalk hills define the character of Steep, which finds itself cradled within the protected expanse of the South Downs National Park. To the north, the dramatic escarpment of the Ashford Hangers rises sharply, its dense canopy of beech woods casting long, cool shadows across the valley floor. The poet Edward Thomas once walked these lanes, and his presence is still marked by a memorial viewpoint that looks out over the hushed, verdant folds of the countryside. Nearby, the uneven rise of Stoner Hill challenges the horizon, a reminder of the raw, tectonic patience required to shape this terrain. Steep remains defined by its quiet intimacy, where the air smells of damp earth and the distant, rhythmic turning of the seasons.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Steep, 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 Steep includes coordinates 51.023384, -0.951651, 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 Steep is available on the Steep 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.