Chickward occupies a quiet fold of the Herefordshire landscape where the earth holds the memory of ancient, slow-moving water. It lies 2.3 miles south-south-west of Kington (from Kington: bearing 201°T, OS grid SO 283 532). The land here is defined by a heavy, fertile clay that seems to anchor the buildings firmly against the passage of the seasons. To the east, the Birches SSSI preserves a fragment of wild woodland where the light filters through the canopy in thin, sharp needles of gold. A short distance to the south, the earthworks of a forgotten fortification sit as a silent, grassy rise, reminding the observer that this ground has long been surveyed by human eyes. Chickward remains a place of quiet industry, where the hedges are trimmed with precision and the horizon is punctuated by the steady, vertical silhouettes of mature oak trees. The nearby Cwmmau Farmhouse stands as a weathered sentinel of timber and stone, its architecture echoing the vernacular traditions of a border country that has resisted dramatic change. Even on the brightest days, a cool, damp stillness hangs over the fields, grounding the spirit in the persistent reality of the soil.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chickward, 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 Chickward includes coordinates 52.172941, -3.048667, 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 Chickward is available on the Chickward 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.