Lyford, Oxfordshire Weather
About Lyford, Oxfordshire
Lyford rests amidst the flat, expansive pastures of the Vale of White Horse, where the sky claims a vast and heavy portion of the horizon. It lies 4.1 miles north of Wantage (from Wantage: bearing 356°T, OS grid SU 393 944), and is situated east-south-east of Charney Bassett village. The landscape here is defined by the quiet persistence of water, as the Charney Wick Ditch winds its path through the silt and reeds just to the north-west. These low-lying fields hold a particular clarity of light, turning the winter grasses to pale straw under a pale, washed-out sun. Beyond the immediate meadows, the ancient earthworks of Cherbury Camp rise as a silent, grassy sentinel, marking a history that predates the quiet lanes of Lyford itself. Land Brook flows with a steady, unhurried purpose nearby, carving a modest channel through the clay that has sustained the local farms for generations. The architecture of Lyford remains modest and grounded, composed of stone and timber that seems to have grown directly from the heavy soil of the Vale. Such places exist in a state of perpetual patience, indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lyford, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lyford, 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 Lyford includes coordinates 51.647071, -1.432608, 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 Lyford is available on the Lyford 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.