Yelford, Oxfordshire Weather
About Yelford, Oxfordshire
Yelford remains a sequestered fragment of the Oxfordshire landscape, holding its quietude against the encroaching tide of modernity. It lies 3.2 miles south of Witney (from Witney: bearing 177°T, OS grid SP 359 046), and is situated north-north-east of Cote village. The terrain here bows to the slow, heavy gravity of the earth, where the modest rise of Rickless Hill provides a singular vantage point to survey the low-lying fields. A thin, clear light often lingers over the pastures, illuminating the way the land dips toward the distant, sluggish course of the Brighthampton Cut. Yelford preserves a singular stillness, defined less by grand architecture than by the insistent, rhythmic cycle of the seasons upon its dark, alluvial soil. To the north, the horizon is shaped by the gentle swelling of Claywell Hill, which guards the approach to the hamlet like a weathered, silent sentinel. The atmosphere carries a certain austere dignity, as if the very air remembers the centuries of agricultural labour that have defined these quiet acres. In the fading afternoon, the long shadows of the hedges stretch across the lanes, binding the hamlet to the surrounding silent expanse of the West Oxfordshire plains.
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About This Yelford, Oxfordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yelford, 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 Yelford includes coordinates 51.739507, -1.480663, 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 Yelford is available on the Yelford 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.