Puttenham emerges from the flat, heavy clay of the Hertfordshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow rotation of the seasons. It lies 3.1 miles north-west of Tring (from Tring: bearing 313°T, OS grid SP 886 147), and is situated south-west of Long Marston village. The earth here holds the memory of earlier inhabitants, most notably at the scheduled monument located just north of St Mary’s Church, where the soil maintains the faint, uneven contours of a medieval past. A short distance away, the Gudgeon Stream marks the western boundary, its waters moving with a deliberate, low-voiced persistence through the damp meadowland. The light over Puttenham often takes on a pale, diffused quality that seems to lengthen the shadows of the hedgerows well before the sun dips below the horizon. Traditional agricultural rhythms still dictate the character of the surroundings, keeping the pace of life tethered to the turning of the plough and the state of the local drainage. Winter floods occasionally transform the fields into temporary, mirror-still lakes, reflecting the stark silhouettes of bare trees against a bruised sky. In the absence of grand monuments, the true weight of Puttenham rests in its quiet continuity and the persistent, unadorned honesty of its rural frame.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Puttenham, Hertfordshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Puttenham includes coordinates 51.824177, -0.71504, in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Puttenham is available on the Puttenham map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Hertfordshire 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.