Buckton, Herefordshire Weather
About Buckton, Herefordshire
Buckton retains a quiet, stoic dignity amidst the rolling pastures of the Herefordshire borderlands. It lies 6.6 miles south-south-west of Craven Arms (from Craven Arms: bearing 208°T, OS grid SO 384 733), and is situated north-east of Brampton Bryan village. The landscape here is defined by the remnants of martial ambition, most notably the Motte Castle at Upper Buckton, which rises as a solitary, grass-covered mound against the horizon. Below this earthwork, the land yields to the subtle geometric ghosts of a Roman fort, where the soil still holds the faint, buried geometry of ancient barracks. A particular clarity of light often descends upon the fields at dusk, sharpening the outlines of the hedgerows and revealing the long, slow contours of the earth. Buckton shares this fertile basin with the nearby Roman fort, a larger site that marks the military gravity this region once commanded. The proximity of such ancient defensive positions grants the terrain a solemn, enduring character that persists despite the modern turn of the seasons. Farmers continue to work the heavy clay soils that have supported local husbandry for generations, binding the inhabitants to the rhythms of the turning year.
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About This Buckton, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buckton, Herefordshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Buckton includes coordinates 52.354838, -2.905506, in the county of Herefordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Buckton is available on the Buckton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Herefordshire 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.