Viables maintains a quiet composure on the periphery of Hampshire’s bustling industrial horizon. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-west of Basingstoke (from Basingstoke: bearing 198°T, OS grid SU 630 502), and is situated north of Cliddesden village. Brickwork and tarmac define the modern footprint of Viables, yet the land retains a memory of the old tracks that once carried steam-driven commerce toward the coast. A short walk reveals the Viables Craft Centre, where the scent of wood shavings and kiln-fired clay persists as a tactile reminder of traditional handiwork. Beyond the workshops, the terrain rises toward the gentle slope of Cliddesden Hill, offering a vantage point where the late afternoon sun catches the sharp angles of the rooftops. The Basingstoke and Alton Railway monument marks the earth where iron once bit into the chalk, serving as a silent sentinel for the commuters who now traverse the path daily. Here, the hum of the modern world softens against the persistent, low-slung sky of the South East. Life in this corner of the district moves with a pragmatic, unostentatious grace, anchored by the sturdy architecture of a changing landscape.
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Live animated radar for Viables and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Viables, 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 Viables includes coordinates 51.248185, -1.098695, 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 Viables is available on the Viables 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.