Binsey, Oxfordshire Weather
About Binsey, Oxfordshire
Binsey retains a singular, quiet character defined by the winding reaches of the Thames that draw a silver hem around its low-lying fields. It lies 1.6 miles north-west of Oxford (from Oxford: bearing 305°T, OS grid SP 491 076), and is situated south-east of Wytham village. The landscape here remains defined by the persistent pulse of water, where the Wytham Stream flows with a glassy, deliberate pace toward the river’s main channel. Ancient earthworks lie quiet just to the west, where the Seacourt Medieval Settlement offers a haunting, grass-covered map of lives lived long before the present. The light across these meadows possesses a particular clarity, turning the long grasses into a pale, shifting sea during the late afternoon. Binsey preserves the small, stoic Church of St Margaret, a structure that has watched the seasons cycle through the floodplains for centuries. Beyond the churchyard, the horizon opens toward the expansive, water-dappled space of Port Meadow, linking the hamlet to the broader, ancient rhythm of the valley. This geography creates a sense of detachment from the nearby university spires, grounding the traveller in the raw, elemental beauty of the English wetlands.
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About This Binsey, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Binsey, 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 Binsey includes coordinates 51.765313, -1.288482, 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 Binsey is available on the Binsey 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.