Chinnor, Oxfordshire Weather
About Chinnor, Oxfordshire
Chinnor anchors itself firmly against the sharp rise of the Chiltern escarpment, where the chalky earth meets the verdant plains of the Oxfordshire vale. It lies 3.5 miles west-south-west of Princes Risborough (from Princes Risborough: bearing 244°T, OS grid SP 757 009), and is situated south-south-west of Henton village. The steep slopes of Chinnor Hill SSSi loom to the east, their thin soils and ancient grasses catching the low, pale light of winter afternoons with a luminous intensity. Beneath the shadow of these heights, the industrial remnants of the old cement works serve as a stark, grey counterpoint to the quiet permanence of the surrounding landscape. High upon the crest, the Three Bowl Barrows on Chinnor Hill stand as silent, weathered sentinels, marking a skyline that has watched over the movement of people for millennia. Chinnor maintains a character shaped by this rugged geology, balancing its modern domesticity against the vast, open sky that defines the ridge. The air here often carries a crispness born of the high ground, a reminder that the land has not surrendered its wilder impulses to the press of current times.
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About This Chinnor, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chinnor, 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 Chinnor includes coordinates 51.702349, -0.904982, 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 Chinnor is available on the Chinnor 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.