Cothill, Oxfordshire Weather
About Cothill, Oxfordshire
Cothill maintains a quiet, sequestered existence within the Vale of White Horse, where the land holds the memory of ancient glacial waters. It lies 2.6 miles north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames (from Abingdon-on-Thames: bearing 306°T, OS grid SU 463 995), and is situated south-west of Wootton village. Low-lying meadows here are defined by the rare alkaline fens of Cothill Fen SSSI, where spring-fed streams draw silver lines through the dark, peaty earth. The atmosphere carries a peculiar stillness, as if the landscape itself is listening to the slow, subterranean movement of water beneath the roots of alder trees. Further east, the exposed strata of the Dry Sandford Pit SSSI reveal the geological bones of the region, offering a stark contrast to the verdant, moss-covered hollows nearby. Cothill preserves a character shaped more by the persistence of these fragile wetlands than by the ambitions of neighbouring market towns. The light in the late afternoon catches the reeds with a pale, metallic sheen, turning the horizon into a shimmer of muted greens and greys. This proximity to such delicate, water-logged habitats gives Cothill a gravity that feels entirely divorced from the bustle of modern transit.
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About This Cothill, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cothill, 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 Cothill includes coordinates 51.692407, -1.330409, 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 Cothill is available on the Cothill 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.