Widley, Hampshire Weather
About Widley, Hampshire
Widley commands a position where the chalky spine of the South Downs begins to soften into the suburban sprawl of Hampshire. It lies 2.7 miles west of Havant (from Havant: bearing 276°T, OS grid SU 671 072), and is situated south-south-east of Furzeley Corner village. The landscape here is dominated by the firm, calcified reach of Portsdown Hill, which offers a wide, windswept vantage point over the Solent. From this elevated perch, the light often catches the grey, weathered stone of the nearby historic ruins of St Marys Church, grounding the modern surroundings in a quiet, archaic stillness. Widley itself maintains a functional character, balancing its proximity to arterial roads with the sudden, hushed green of the surrounding chalk ridges. Travellers moving through the district might notice how the wind carries a sharp, salt-edged clarity from the coast, scouring the high ground above the rooftops. To the west, the imposing architecture of Fort Widley serves as a heavy, brick-built reminder of nineteenth-century defensive planning, its deep ditches now reclaimed by wild grasses. The earth in these parts is thin and flinty, yielding to a geography that feels both exposed to the sky and deeply tethered to the ancient geology of the ridge.
Flight conditions near Widley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Widley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Widley, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Widley, 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 Widley includes coordinates 50.860757, -1.047757, 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 Widley is available on the Widley 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.