Winford Cross, Isle of Wight Weather
About Winford Cross, Isle of Wight
Winford Cross emerges as a quiet convergence of rural lanes where the horizon is defined by the soft, rolling contours of the Isle of Wight. It lies 2.3 miles north-west of Shanklin (from Shanklin: bearing 323°T, OS grid SZ 558 840), and is situated west of Winford village. Sunlight filters through the canopy near the nearby Amazon World, casting long, shifting shadows across the fields that define the local topography. This landscape retains a certain stillness, punctuated by the seasonal bustle of the Garlic Festival site located just to the south-west. The earth here holds the moisture of the lowlands, supporting a verdant growth that seems to drink in the pale, maritime light of the English Channel. Beyond the immediate periphery, the quietude of Gear Gap Pond reflects the grey-blue sky, anchoring the geography in a mirror of calm water. Winford Cross remains a waypoint for those traversing the island’s interior, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life more than any mechanical clock. Each turn of the road reveals a terrain that has been shaped by the slow, persistent work of agriculture and the patient reclamation of nature.
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About This Winford Cross, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Winford Cross, Isle of Wight, 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 Winford Cross includes coordinates 50.65378, -1.21068, in the county of Isle of Wight, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Winford Cross is available on the Winford Cross map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Isle of Wight 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.