Upton maintains a quiet composure atop the limestone slopes that define the western reaches of the Oxfordshire landscape. It lies 0.5 miles west-north-west of Burford (from Burford: bearing 285°T, OS grid SP 243 123). This small cluster of dwellings occupies a ridge where the air feels thin and sharp, caught between the sheltered hollows of the earth and the open, wandering sky. To the north, the shallow depression of Cobbler’s Bottom draws the eye toward a landscape of ancient, weathered stone, where the land holds its breath in the stillness of the afternoon. The golden hue of local oolitic stone gives the buildings of Upton a luminous quality, as if they were hewn from the very light that filters across the rolling fields. Beyond the immediate quietude, the River Windrush meanders through the lower terrain, its cool, silver ribbon threading through the meadows with a persistence that ignores the passage of human affairs. Such isolation allows the hamlet to remain a sanctuary of soft shadows and muted colours, far removed from the clamour of busier thoroughfares. Upton exists as a brief, solid mark upon the horizon, enduring with the steady patience of the rock beneath its foundations.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upton, 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 Upton includes coordinates 51.809593, -1.648186, 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 Upton is available on the Upton 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.