Baydon, Wiltshire Weather
About Baydon, Wiltshire
Baydon occupies a high, windswept ridge of the North Wessex Downs, where the horizon feels vast and the air carries the sharp, clean scent of chalk-fed earth. It lies 6.8 miles north-north-west of Hungerford (from Hungerford: bearing 330°T, OS grid SU 282 779), and is situated north-east of Aldbourne village. Morning light often lingers upon The Green, illuminating the grass with a pale, silver clarity that suggests the ancient, elevated solitude of the chalk plateau. Beyond the scattered cottages, the landscape yields to the deep, silent contours of the Bowl Barrow on Farncombe Down, a mound that holds the quiet weight of centuries beneath its turf. Travellers passing through Baydon find the terrain dominated by these open, airy expanses, where the sky claims more territory than the land itself. To the north, the modest rise of Bailey Hill provides a vantage point from which the patchwork of Wiltshire fields appears as a brittle, shifting map of greens and browns. Such heights ensure that Baydon remains exposed to the elements, drawing a rough, honest character from the winds that scour the downs. Every path leading away from the houses seems to dissolve into the bright, flinty soil, inviting a slow pace that matches the heavy, deliberate rhythm of the clouds overhead.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Baydon, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baydon, 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 Baydon includes coordinates 51.499861, -1.595081, 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 Baydon is available on the Baydon 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.