High, windswept heathland defines the character of Stoney Cross, where the horizon stretches wide and indifferent under a heavy Hampshire sky. It lies 6.4 miles west of Totton (from Totton: bearing 260°T, OS grid SU 258 115), and is situated west-north-west of Minstead village. Stoney Cross sits firmly within the protected expanse of the New Forest National Park, maintaining a wilder temperament than the sheltered woodlands nearby. To the south-west, the ancient earthwork of the Bowl Barrow 400M South-West Of Robin Hood Farm offers a silent, humped reminder of those who walked these ridges centuries ago. The light here has a sharp, scouring quality, catching the gorse and heather as they cling to the thin, acidic soil. Beyond the main tracks, Fox Hill rises with a quiet authority, offering a vantage point over the heather-clad plateaus that define the local geography. Stoney Cross retains the echoes of its wartime airfield, yet the land is slowly reclaiming the concrete, softening the edges of history with encroaching bracken. The wind carries no scent of industry, only the damp, peaty breath of the open moor as it shifts across the exposed plains.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stoney 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 Stoney Cross includes coordinates 50.902446, -1.634014, 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 Stoney Cross is available on the Stoney 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.