Harcourt Hill, Oxfordshire Weather
About Harcourt Hill, Oxfordshire
Harcourt Hill rises as a quiet ridge of rising ground that commands a long, observant view across the Thames Valley. It lies 1.6 miles west-south-west of Oxford (from Oxford: bearing 240°T, OS grid SP 490 048), and is situated east-north-east of Chawley village. The slopes of Harcourt Hill carry the weight of a landscape that shifts from suburban order to the wilder, unmanaged fringes of the limestone shelf. To the west, the Hurst Hill SSSI holds twenty-one hectares of ancient, unimproved grassland where the light catches the silvered seed-heads of wild grasses in late summer. Water marks the broader horizon, with the Bulstake Stream tracing a dark, sinuous line through the low-lying meadows to the east. The geology here is defined by a cap of Corallian limestone, which grants the soil a particular, draining sharpness that dictates the character of the local growth. Harcourt Hill serves as a high, terrestrial anchor point, looking down toward the confluence of streams that feed the main river system. This elevated position provides a perspective where the distant spires of the city seem to shimmer in the heat haze above the damp, verdant floor of the valley.
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About This Harcourt Hill, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Harcourt 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 Harcourt Hill includes coordinates 51.740053, -1.290747, 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 Harcourt Hill is available on the Harcourt 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.