Great Rollright, Oxfordshire Weather
About Great Rollright, Oxfordshire
Great Rollright surveys the undulating limestone ridges of the Cotswolds with a quiet, enduring composure that feels older than the maps themselves. It lies 2.6 miles north-north-east of Chipping Norton (from Chipping Norton: bearing 14°T, OS grid SP 323 312), and is situated north-north-east of Over Norton village. High above the low-lying fields, the honey-coloured stone cottages of Great Rollright capture the thin, pale sunlight that drifts across the Oxfordshire plateau. To the southwest, the verdant dip of Danes Bottom holds a lingering morning mist, marking a transition from the elevated pastures to the deeper, shadowed folds of the land. A short distance to the west, the ancient, weather-worn monoliths of The Rollright Stones stand as silent witnesses to millennia of human passing, their porous surfaces pitted by the insistent winds. The local church spire pierces the horizon, serving as a landmark for those navigating the narrow, winding lanes that connect the scattered farmsteads. Agriculture remains the quiet heartbeat of this geography, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the shifting hues of the surrounding cornfields and grazing meadows. Great Rollright retains a sense of seclusion, anchored by the sturdy architecture that seems to grow directly from the iron-rich soil of the region.
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About This Great Rollright, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Rollright, 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 Rollright includes coordinates 51.978437, -1.530683, 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 Rollright is available on the Great Rollright 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.