Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire Weather
About Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire
Aston Rowant commands a quiet dignity at the foot of the Chiltern escarpment, where the chalky earth meets the verdant expanse of the Oxfordshire plain. It lies 3.6 miles north-east of Watlington (from Watlington: bearing 45°T, OS grid SU 728 986), and is situated south-west of Kingston Blount village. The landscape surrounding Aston Rowant finds its most distinctive character within the Aston Rowant Woods SSSI, where ancient beech trees cast long, slender shadows across the steep slopes. High above the rooftops, the summit of Beacon Hill offers a vantage point from which one might observe the silver-grey light shifting across the fields. The church of St Peter and St Paul remains a focal point, its stone walls bearing the marks of centuries of weathering by the prevailing westerly winds. Local lanes wind with a purposeful, narrow geometry, leading travellers past timber-framed houses that have stood firm against the changing seasons. The air here carries a crisp, bracing quality, particularly when the breeze descends from the high ridges toward the valley floor. Such terrain ensures that Aston Rowant maintains a secluded air, separated from the clamour of modern thoroughfares by its own topographical resolve.
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About This Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aston Rowant, Oxfordshire, 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 Aston Rowant includes coordinates 51.681858, -0.947409, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Aston Rowant is available on the Aston Rowant map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Oxfordshire 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.