Live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, Met Office severe weather warnings, radar and satellite imagery for 582 cities and towns in Oxfordshire, England — including Oxford, Banbury, Abingdon, Witney, Bicester.
Rolling chalk downlands and the verdant, water-meadowed vales define this inland county, where the Thames—here christened the Isis—meanders in liquid silver ribbons through the heart of the landscape. Ancient limestone ridges of the Cotswolds rise to the west, their honey-coloured stone walls tracing the contours of a rolling, pastoral theatre. Wychwood Forest still whispers of its wild, royal past, its tangled thickets offering a secret sanctuary for the deer and the badger. Rivers like the Cherwell and the Windrush carve gentle scars into the earth, nourishing the fertile soil and creating a tapestry of lush, emerald-hued floodplains. Oxfordshire remains a quiet kingdom of rolling horizons, where the sky seems wider and the clouds drift with a slow, deliberate grace over the sleeping hills.
Roman legions once trod the straight, uncompromising lines of Akeman Street, leaving behind the hushed ghosts of villas beneath the modern plough. Medieval spires of Oxford city soon pierced the skyline, marking the birth of a university that would anchor the intellectual life of the nation for centuries. Civil War skirmishes bloodied the fields around Edgehill and Chalgrove, leaving deep scars upon the collective memory of a county caught between crown and parliament. Blenheim Palace stands today as a baroque monument to a martial past, its vast, formal gardens echoing with the weight of Churchillian history. Centuries of human endeavour have layered themselves upon this soil, creating a palimpsest where every village church and stone cottage tells a story of endurance and change.
Agricultural rhythms dictated the pulse of the county for generations, with golden wheat and barley fields dominating the vast, open plains of the Vale of White Horse. Modernity arrived on the wings of innovation, transforming the silent plains into a bustling hub of high-technology manufacturing and advanced engineering. Cowley pulses with the metallic heartbeat of the motor industry, where precision machines continue to fashion the steel chariots of the twenty-first century. Science parks bloom like strange, futuristic flowers near Abingdon, housing the brilliant minds that push the boundaries of quantum physics and biomedical research. Prosperity flows through these avenues of industry, marrying the traditional husbandry of the land with the cold, gleaming promise of the digital age.
Scholars and poets have long sought refuge within the dreaming spires, their ink-stained fingers tracing the lines of profound verse amidst the cloisters and quadrangles. Traditions linger in the hearty, ale-scented air of village pubs, where the local dialect still carries the soft, rolling lilt of the southern shires. Figures such as Lewis Carroll and J.R.R. Tolkien walked these very streets, finding magic in the shadows of the Bodleian and the quiet banks of the river. Artistry flourishes in the small galleries and workshops of Woodstock, where craftsmen hone their skills with a patient, traditional devotion. People here possess a sturdy, understated pride, a temperament forged by the steady passage of seasons and the quiet dignity of a life lived in harmony with the weight of history.
This page lists weather forecast pages for 582 cities, towns and villages across Oxfordshire, England, including Oxford, Banbury, Abingdon, Witney, Bicester. Each locality page provides live current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, a 7-day outlook, an extended forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF from the nearest reporting airfield, with a modelled estimate where no station is in range), animated precipitation radar, satellite imagery and astronomy data. Coastal localities add tide gauge readings, wave and sea surface temperature data and a solunar fishing forecast; agricultural areas add soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration; and localities near a monitored watercourse add live Environment Agency river levels.
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. River and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, radar from RainViewer and satellite imagery from EUMETSAT. All pages update automatically with live data on every visit.
Page generated September 2026