Kingston Blount emerges from the flat, industrious plains of Oxfordshire as a collection of dwellings that seem to hold the morning light in the texture of their limestone walls. It lies 4.3 miles north-east of Watlington (from Watlington: bearing 44°T, OS grid SU 736 995), and is situated west-south-west of Crowell village. The heavy, silent presence of the Chilterns looms to the east, providing a dramatic backdrop where the chalky escarpment rises sharply against the horizon. Much of the land around Kingston Blount falls within the Aston Rowant Woods SSSI, where the beech trees cast long, thin shadows that stretch across the earth like fingers. The quietude of the surroundings is periodically punctuated by the movement of wind through the foliage, a sound that carries the crisp, clean scent of high-altitude air down into the lower pastures. Residents often walk toward The Green, a modest patch of open grass that serves as a focal point for the daily patterns of those who call the place home. The architecture here avoids the ostentatious, preferring instead the honest utility of brick and timber that has weathered the passage of decades without complaint. Kingston Blount maintains a reserved dignity, offering a clear, unadorned view of the sky that feels vast and indifferent to the fleeting concerns of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingston Blount, 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 Kingston Blount includes coordinates 51.689554, -0.936337, 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 Kingston Blount is available on the Kingston Blount 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.