Wicken, Northamptonshire Weather
About Wicken, Northamptonshire
Wicken presents a low, steady profile against the Northamptonshire sky, its limestone cottages holding the pale, cool light of the East Midlands. It lies 4.4 miles north-east of Buckingham (from Buckingham: bearing 43°T, OS grid SP 745 393), and is situated west of Deanshanger village. The land here shifts into a quiet, agrarian patience, punctuated by the sharp edges of ancient hedgerows that mark the boundaries of old enclosures. To the west, the canopy of Leckhampstead Wood provides a dark, verdant anchor for the horizon, its timbered depths offering a stark contrast to the open fields of the parish. A lingering sense of medieval purpose remains in the earth nearby, where the Grove Close Moated Site suggests a time when local life was defined by water and defensive solitude. Wicken retains a composed, unassuming character, favouring the slow rotation of the seasons over the frantic pace of modern thoroughfares. The air carries a crisp, mineral quality, particularly when the wind rolls off the surrounding plains to rattle the dry leaves of the churchyard yews. Each lane in Wicken seems to map a long, unrecorded history of transit, leading the eye toward the distant, rolling folds of the county boundary.
Flight conditions near Wicken. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Wicken and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wicken, Northamptonshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wicken, Northamptonshire, 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 Wicken includes coordinates 52.047901, -0.914654, in the county of Northamptonshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Wicken is available on the Wicken map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Northamptonshire 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.