Townsend, Oxfordshire Weather
About Townsend, Oxfordshire
Townsend reveals its character through the quiet persistence of its rural lanes and the low, heavy light that clings to the Oxfordshire fields. It lies 5.1 miles west of Thame (from Thame: bearing 277°T, OS grid SP 623 069), and is situated north-west of Waterperry village. The land here holds the memory of ancient labour, marked by the nearby presence of the Thomley Deserted Medieval Village, where the earth still remembers the footfalls of a vanished population. Townsend remains contained within the expansive, manicured reach of Waterperry Gardens, where the air often carries the damp, sweet scent of ornamental horticulture. To the west, the cooling currents of Holton Brook carve a modest path through the clay, feeding the landscape with a steady, liquid patience. Townsend sits on a terrain defined by subtle shifts in elevation, offering a vantage point where the horizon feels both intimate and vast. The local architecture speaks in the muted tones of stone and timber, reflecting a history tied to the soil and the seasonal turning of the agrarian calendar.
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Live animated radar for Townsend and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Townsend, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Townsend, 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 Townsend includes coordinates 51.757578, -1.098039, 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 Townsend is available on the Townsend 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.