Cumnor Hill, Oxfordshire Weather
About Cumnor Hill, Oxfordshire
Cumnor Hill rises as a limestone ridge of residential character overlooking the spires of the university city to the east. It lies 2.3 miles west-south-west of Oxford (from Oxford: bearing 255°T, OS grid SP 477 051), and is situated north-east of Chawley village. The ascent from the surrounding lowlands offers a vantage point where the evening light catches the glass of modern homes and the darker, ancient timber of the woodland canopy. Below the ridge, the damp, sequestered banks of Filchampstead Brook trace a cool, hidden path through the heavy clay soil. Travellers often note the transition from the busy thoroughfares of the valley to the quiet, elevated lanes of Cumnor Hill, where the air feels thinner and more distinct. To the south, the protected expanse of Hurst Hill Sssi guards a fragment of old-growth landscape, preserving the quietude of a terrain that has remained largely indifferent to the expansion below. Here, the boundary between the cultivated garden and the wilder, scrub-filled limestone slopes defines the daily rhythm of life. Cumnor Hill maintains a watchful silence, observing the horizon where the sun drops behind the distant hills of the Berkshire Downs.
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About This Cumnor Hill, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cumnor Hill, 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 Cumnor Hill includes coordinates 51.742955, -1.310182, 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 Cumnor Hill is available on the Cumnor Hill 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.