West Stratton emerges from the chalky, rolling folds of Hampshire as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady pulse of rural agriculture. It lies 6.0 miles north-west of New Alresford (from New Alresford: bearing 323°T, OS grid SU 529 402), and is situated west-north-west of East Stratton village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, open skies that pull the light across the fields, casting long, pale shadows over the flint-walled cottages. To the east, the historic grounds of Stratton Park provide a vast, verdant anchor, where the centuries have layered landscape over architecture in a slow, deliberate fashion. A short distance to the south, the deep, ancient canopy of Micheldever Wood offers a cool, shaded reprieve from the sun-bleached lanes that connect the scattered houses. West Stratton maintains a character of understated endurance, where the seasonal shift of the crops dictates the slow turn of the year. The silence of the surrounding farmland is broken only by the sharp, sudden call of birds or the distant hum of machinery tending to the soil. Residents of West Stratton move through a topography that feels ancient and unadorned, where the earth itself holds the memory of a long, agrarian past.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Stratton, 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 West Stratton includes coordinates 51.159501, -1.244269, 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 West Stratton is available on the West Stratton 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.