Wroxall occupies a sheltered dip in the chalky spine of the Isle of Wight, where the air holds the faint, salt-sharpened memory of the Channel. It lies 1.6 miles north-north-west of Ventnor (from Ventnor: bearing 331°T, OS grid SZ 550 797), and is situated south of Whiteley Bank village. High limestone ridges protect the houses from the worst of the coastal gales, allowing a quiet stillness to settle over the slate roofs as evening descends. To the west, the skeletal remains of Appuldurcombe House stand as a haunting, roofless monument to lost grandeur, framed by the expansive green silence of its historic parkland. The landscape here feels marked by the deliberate hand of the eighteenth-century landscaper Lancelot 'Capability' Brown, whose influence lingers in the deliberate arrangement of the surrounding trees. Beyond the immediate gardens, the terrain rises sharply toward the Ventnor Downs, where the turf is thin and the wind carries the persistent, rhythmic chime of sheep bells. Wroxall retains a pragmatic, working character, defined by its connection to the railway heritage that once brought industry and coal into this secluded valley. Now, the old track beds serve as quiet conduits for the modern walker, linking the sturdy brickwork of the past to the wilder, open heights of the island.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wroxall, 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 Wroxall includes coordinates 50.61477, -1.222937, 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 Wroxall is available on the Wroxall 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.