Fencott, Oxfordshire Weather
About Fencott, Oxfordshire
Fencott emerges from the flat, low-lying horizon of Oxfordshire as a collection of stone dwellings that seem to hold the damp, silver light of the surrounding wetlands. It lies 3.9 miles south of Bicester (from Bicester: bearing 190°T, OS grid SP 573 161), and is situated west-north-west of Murcott village. The landscape here is defined by the heavy, moisture-rich earth that stretches toward the expansive horizon of the Otmoor SSSI, a vast basin where the sky feels unusually wide and indifferent. Winter floods frequently transform the fields into shimmering, transient mirrors that reflect the pale clouds drifting overhead. Nearby, the quiet progress of the Street Hill Ditch serves as a reminder of the constant, slow drainage required to keep the damp ground from reclaiming the pastures. Fencott maintains a modest, utilitarian character, its architecture shaped by the practical needs of generations who worked this challenging, water-bound soil. The air across the pastures carries a sharp, clean scent of reeds and cold mud, a sensory signature of a geography that remains stubbornly resistant to change. Fencott exists in a quiet dialogue with the elements, where the wind carries the distant, muted sounds of the Bicester road without ever truly disrupting the stillness of the fields.
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About This Fencott, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fencott, 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 Fencott includes coordinates 51.8406, -1.168361, 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 Fencott is available on the Fencott 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.