Horley reveals itself through honey-coloured ironstone cottages that catch the low, amber light of an Oxfordshire afternoon. It lies 3.2 miles north-west of Banbury (from Banbury: bearing 309°T, OS grid SP 418 437), and is situated west of Hanwell village. The terrain here rises and falls with a quiet gravity, shaped by the ancient, slow-moving pulse of the Hornton Stream as it wanders through the nearby fields. St Etheldreda’s Church anchors the skyline, its tower a silent observer of the seasons that pass over the surrounding limestone plateaus. A short distance to the west, the landscape deepens into the verdant, sheltered folds of Ragnell Bottom, where the air holds a cooler, more secretive quality. Horley maintains a steady, measured pace, defined by the enduring weight of stone and the long, sharp shadows cast across its narrow lanes. Each turn in the road offers a glimpse of an agricultural heritage that remains etched into the very character of the earth. These fields, once worked by generations of hands, still define the horizon with a clarity that feels both ancient and immediate.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horley, 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 Horley includes coordinates 52.090921, -1.391165, 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 Horley is available on the Horley 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.