Middle Assendon draws its character from the quiet incline of the Chiltern Hills, where the air remains crisp and unburdened by the clamour of larger thoroughfares. It lies 2.3 miles north-west of Henley-on-Thames (from Henley-on-Thames: bearing 325°T, OS grid SU 739 856), and is situated east-north-east of Bix village. The landscape here favouring chalky slopes and dense woodland, the terrain rises steadily toward Round Hill, which commands a view over the limestone-flecked pastures below. A traveller might catch the silver gleam of Crockmore Pond, a small but persistent body of water that mirrors the shifting grey of the Oxfordshire sky. Brick-and-flint cottages define the architecture of Middle Assendon, their modest forms grounding the road that winds through the valley floor. History lingers in the nearby ruins of St James Church, Bix Brand, where the quiet stones seem to absorb the long shadows cast by the afternoon sun. These surroundings maintain a stillness that is rarely broken, save for the occasional passage of a carriage or the rustle of wind through the high hedgerows. Middle Assendon remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, rather than the clockwork precision of the nearby market towns.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Middle Assendon, 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 Middle Assendon includes coordinates 51.56519, -0.935215, 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 Middle Assendon is available on the Middle Assendon 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.