Old Chalford remains a quiet fragment of the landscape, defined more by its geological stillness than by the clamour of modern ambition. It lies 2.1 miles east-south-east of Chipping Norton (from Chipping Norton: bearing 114°T, OS grid SP 344 257), and is situated west-north-west of Enstone village. The terrain here descends into the Glyme Valley Sssi, where the limestone bedrock catches the low, pale light of the Oxfordshire morning, casting long, deliberate shadows across the pasture. Old Chalford maintains a solitary character, far removed from the busy thoroughfares that connect the larger market towns of the region. A short distance away, the earth holds the ghost of the Nether Chalford Medieval Settlement, a scheduled monument whose silent, hummocky outlines hint at a busier past now surrendered to the grazing sheep. The air in this part of the world possesses a sharp, clean clarity, often carrying the faint, earthy scent of damp stone and wild grasses from the valley floor. Time moves with a heavy, deliberate pace in Old Chalford, measured not by the ticking of clocks, but by the gradual shifting of the sun across the rough-hewn walls of its remaining structures.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Chalford, 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 Old Chalford includes coordinates 51.92892, -1.501095, 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 Old Chalford is available on the Old Chalford 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.