Sonning Common, Oxfordshire Weather
About Sonning Common, Oxfordshire
Sonning Common reveals itself as a high-ground plateau, a place where the Chilterns soften into a reliable, working landscape of brick and flint. It lies 3.6 miles west-south-west of Henley-on-Thames (from Henley-on-Thames: bearing 247°T, OS grid SU 707 803), and is situated north-east of Kidmore End village. The air here holds a distinct crispness, drifting across the open spaces of Memorial Park where the wind seems to catch the edges of the afternoon light. Broad roads radiate from the centre, framed by modest houses that reflect the steady, unpretentious expansion of a twentieth-century growth. To the east, the quiet descent into Stony Bottom offers a glimpse of the deeper, older folds of the Oxfordshire earth, shielded from the steady hum of modern transit. The geography of Sonning Common acts as a bridge between the dense, ancient woodland of the north and the river-valley bustle toward the Thames. Residents walk paths that have long served as conduits for the local trade, moving with the measured gait of those who live between the forest and the field. It is a place defined by its elevation, where the sky feels a little wider and the horizon remains a constant, grounding companion to the daily life of the streets.
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Live animated radar for Sonning Common and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sonning Common, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sonning Common, 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 Sonning Common includes coordinates 51.517367, -0.981253, 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 Sonning Common is available on the Sonning Common 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.