Avon, Wiltshire Weather
About Avon, Wiltshire
Avon emerges from the quiet Wiltshire landscape as a cluster of habitations defined by the slow, deliberate movement of water through the surrounding fields. It lies 3.1 miles north-east of Chippenham (from Chippenham: bearing 48°T, OS grid ST 959 766), and is situated west-south-west of Foxham village. A low, persistent dampness clings to the meadows, where the Barnbridge Brook traces a silver vein through the earth only a short distance to the east. The terrain here holds a heavy, alluvial stillness, broken only by the rhythmic passage of the Chissell Brook as it meanders along the western edge of Avon. Sunlight catches the reeds and grasses with a pale, thin brilliance, illuminating a countryside that has long prioritised the patience of agriculture over the noise of modernity. The horizons remain wide and unencumbered, allowing the weather to roll across the flat pastures with an unobstructed, melancholic grace. Residents of Avon witness the seasons in the changing colour of the silt-rich banks, where the land seems to breathe in unison with the shifting tides of the brooks. This quiet corner of the South West maintains a solitary identity, anchored by the cycles of the soil and the persistent, wandering currents of the local watercourses.
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Live animated radar for Avon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Avon, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Avon, 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 Avon includes coordinates 51.488594, -2.060327, 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 Avon is available on the Avon 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.