Shirburn, Oxfordshire Weather
About Shirburn, Oxfordshire
Shirburn emerges from the flat, verdant floor of the Oxfordshire plain as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow, deliberate pace of the rural season. It lies 1.0 miles north-east of Watlington (from Watlington: bearing 38°T, OS grid SU 698 958), and is situated east of Pyrton village. The heavy, water-logged air of the lowlands here seems to hold the light in a suspended, golden amber, casting long shadows across the fields that remain indifferent to the passing of modern time. Dominating the immediate horizon, the moated grounds of Shirburn Castle offer a somber, grey silhouette against the sky, its historic parklands stretching out like a vast, private memory of an older England. Beyond the castle’s defensive perimeter, the land begins to rise toward the chalk ridges, where the slopes of Shirburn Hill Sssi provide a stark, pale contrast to the rich, dark soil of the valley floor. These calcareous grasslands support a fragile, specific flora that thrives in the thin, unforgiving earth, clinging to the hillsides with a stubborn, quiet tenacity. Shirburn maintains a delicate equilibrium between its agricultural heritage and the encroaching silence of the surrounding woodlands. The atmosphere remains thick with the scent of damp moss and woodsmoke, suggesting a place that prioritises the permanence of the ground beneath its feet over the fleeting distractions of the world beyond.
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About This Shirburn, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shirburn, 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 Shirburn includes coordinates 51.656925, -0.991471, 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 Shirburn is available on the Shirburn 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.