Cold Harbour, Oxfordshire Weather
About Cold Harbour, Oxfordshire
Cold Harbour emerges as a quiet threshold between the encroaching urban pulse of Oxford and the low-lying, damp meadows that stretch toward the horizon. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-east of Oxford (from Oxford: bearing 165°T, OS grid SP 519 039), and is situated east-north-east of South Hinksey village. The geography here is defined by a fluid, water-logged flatness, where the Hinksey Stream slips silently through the landscape like a ribbon of unpolished silver. Much of Cold Harbour finds itself cradled within the boundaries of Rivermead Nature Park, a space where the reeds stiffen against the wind and the light turns a bruised, autumnal gold at dusk. Nearby, the sculpture known as Willow Pollen casts a spindly, metallic shadow that seems to interrogate the surrounding quiet. The ground beneath one’s feet retains a memory of ancient marshes, a soft, yielding texture that persists even as modern suburban life asserts its presence. Cold Harbour remains a place where the sky feels unusually wide, pressed down by the weight of drifting clouds that gather over the southern reaches of the county. Every movement of the water, from the sluggish Hinksey Drain to the wider currents beyond, dictates the slow, deliberate pace of the local environment.
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Live animated radar for Cold Harbour and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cold Harbour, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cold Harbour, 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 Cold Harbour includes coordinates 51.731711, -1.249161, 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 Cold Harbour is available on the Cold Harbour 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.