Great Bourton, Oxfordshire Weather
About Great Bourton, Oxfordshire
Great Bourton rises upon the high ironstone ridge of Oxfordshire, looking out over the rolling folds of the Cherwell valley. It lies 3.0 miles north of Banbury (from Banbury: bearing 360°T, OS grid SP 457 455), and is situated north of Little Bourton village. The limestone walls of the houses catch the low, honeyed light of late afternoon, holding the warmth long after the sun has retreated behind the western horizon. To the east, the landscape remembers the ghosts of the seventeenth century, as the fields near the site of the Battle of Cropredy Bridge 1644 hold a heavy, quiet stillness in the long grass. Water flows with purpose through the nearby Hanwell Brook, carving a path toward the river that has defined the movement of people and livestock for generations. Great Bourton maintains a singular character, shaped by the sturdy agricultural stone of its cottages and the stark, open skies that dominate the high ground. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, a reminder of the slow, deliberate work of those who have farmed these slopes since the Domesday survey. Time in Great Bourton is measured not by the clock, but by the lengthening shadows that stretch across the lanes as the day fades into the cool, star-filled dark of the Midland night.
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About This Great Bourton, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Bourton, 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 Great Bourton includes coordinates 52.106247, -1.33413, 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 Great Bourton is available on the Great Bourton 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.