Knighton gathers its modest collection of stone cottages beneath the vast, shifting skies of the Berkshire Downs. It lies 5.3 miles south of Faringdon (from Faringdon: bearing 185°T, OS grid SU 281 869), and is situated south-west of Woolstone village. The landscape around Knighton possesses a quiet gravity, where the earth rises to meet the ancient silhouette of Hardwell Camp Promontory Fort, a silent sentinel watching over the fields. A short distance away, the grounds of Compton Beauchamp offer a verdant stillness, where the light seems to linger longer against the manicured hedges and historic parkland. Winters here bring a sharp, clean clarity to the air, exposing the stark lines of the chalk hills that define the horizon. The soil, rich and heavy, has long dictated the quiet industry of the surrounding farms, grounding the local life in the patient work of the seasons. Knighton remains a place of subtle transitions, where the modern pace of the world loses its urgency against the ancient, rolling contours of the land.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Knighton, 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 Knighton includes coordinates 51.581106, -1.594548, 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 Knighton is available on the Knighton 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.