Hornton, Oxfordshire Weather
About Hornton, Oxfordshire
Hornton breathes the distinct, honeyed hue of ironstone, its architecture carved from the very earth that anchors it to the Oxfordshire landscape. It lies 4.8 miles north-west of Banbury (from Banbury: bearing 305°T, OS grid SP 393 450), and is situated south-south-east of Ratley village. The houses here wear a cloak of warm, ferruginous rock, reflecting a light that seems to hold the amber glow of late afternoon long after the sun has dipped. Residents often gather at The Green, where the grass offers a quiet, level stage for the daily turns of local life. Beyond the rooftops, the terrain tilts toward the hidden hollows of Ragnell Bottom, where the air grows damp and heavy with the scent of wild garlic and cooling soil. The nearby Upton House stands as a grand sentinel of history, its expansive grounds and historic gardens offering a sharp, curated contrast to the rugged stone walls that define the local lanes. Hornton retains the quiet gravity of a place fashioned by centuries of quarrying, where the extraction of Hornton Stone once provided the marrow for many of the region’s finest buildings. Time here moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, measured not by the clock, but by the shifting shadows cast across the ancient, ochre-tinted masonry.
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About This Hornton, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hornton, 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 Hornton includes coordinates 52.102079, -1.427352, 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 Hornton is available on the Hornton 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.