Shippon, Oxfordshire Weather
About Shippon, Oxfordshire
Shippon holds a steady, quiet composure within the low-lying fields of the Oxfordshire landscape. It lies 1.3 miles north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames (from Abingdon-on-Thames: bearing 304°T, OS grid SU 480 982), and is situated south-east of Cothill village. The flat, fertile earth here retains a lingering sense of its agricultural past, where the heavy clay soils once demanded much from those who worked them. To the west, the delicate, damp ecology of Barrow Farm Fen SSSI shelters rare flora that thrives in the moisture of the valley bottom. A short distance to the south-east, the historic grounds of Albert Park offer a formal contrast to the unpretentious character of the surrounding lanes. Shippon maintains a modest profile, defined more by the passage of light across its open pastures than by grand architecture. The horizon remains wide and uncluttered, allowing for long, grey-blue shadows to stretch across the paddocks as the sun descends. Local life here carries an understated rhythm, moving in harmony with the seasonal shifts of the nearby water meadows and the quietude of the Vale.
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About This Shippon, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shippon, 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 Shippon includes coordinates 51.680922, -1.306699, 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 Shippon is available on the Shippon 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.