Aughton, Wiltshire Weather
About Aughton, Wiltshire
Aughton remains a quiet presence in the Wiltshire landscape, defined by the steady, unadorned character of its chalk-rich earth. It lies 3.7 miles north-north-west of Ludgershall (from Ludgershall: bearing 335°T, OS grid SU 239 563), and is situated west-south-west of Brunton village. The land around Aughton rises into open, windswept ridges that hold the memory of ancient inhabitants within the earthworks of the Long Barrow on Fairmile Down. Sunlight here has a sharp, clarifying quality, bleaching the flint and exposing the raw, pale bones of the countryside. To the west, the remains of the defended settlement on Aughton Down offer a silent perspective on the long duration of human occupation in this corner of the South West. Farmers work the fields with a rhythmic persistence, their tractors leaving deep, dark tracks against the lighter soil of the rolling slopes. The air carries the scent of dry grass and distant rain, moving freely across the high ground without meeting much obstruction. Time in Aughton is measured not by clocks, but by the slow shifting of shadows across the wide, exposed fields that define the horizon.
Flight conditions near Aughton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Aughton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Aughton, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aughton, Wiltshire, 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 Aughton includes coordinates 51.305906, -1.65836, in the county of Wiltshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Aughton is available on the Aughton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Wiltshire 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.