Henwood, Oxfordshire Weather
About Henwood, Oxfordshire
Henwood emerges from the quiet geography of the Vale of White Horse as a place of singular, understated composure. It lies 3.6 miles north-north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames (from Abingdon-on-Thames: bearing 332°T, OS grid SP 470 021), and is situated north-north-west of Wootton village. This geography is defined by the heavy, lime-rich earth that sustains the surrounding woodland and the quiet lanes that trace the contours of the rising ground. To the east, the high, wooded slopes of Boars Hill draw the eye upward, acting as a green sentinel that guards the horizon against the encroaching sprawl. The atmosphere here is shaped by the lingering humidity of the nearby Cumnor Sssi, where the damp, shaded earth supports a fragile, ancient ecosystem of moss and fern. Sunlight often catches the limestone walls of the older dwellings in Henwood, turning the stone a pale, honeyed hue in the late afternoon. The landscape remains largely reclaimed by the slow, persistent growth of trees and thickets, creating a sense of solitude that has long defined the character of the site. Such isolation allows for an intimacy with the local weather, where mist rolls in from the low-lying plains to cling to the hedgerows. Henwood persists as a quiet pause in the landscape, indifferent to the busier thoroughfares that define the wider county.
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Live animated radar for Henwood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Henwood, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Henwood, 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 Henwood includes coordinates 51.716455, -1.320399, 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 Henwood is available on the Henwood 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.