Box, Wiltshire Weather
About Box, Wiltshire
Box reveals itself through the honey-coloured limestone that bleeds from the hillsides into the architecture of its quiet streets. It lies 3.2 miles west-south-west of Corsham (from Corsham: bearing 246°T, OS grid ST 825 684), and is situated east of Ashley village. The topography here is defined by deep, subterranean excavations, where the legacy of stone quarrying remains etched into the hollowed earth beneath the feet of residents. A celebration of stone quarrying in Box stands as a tactile reminder of the labour that once carved the very bones of the hills to construct distant cathedrals and grand facades. Nearby, the Box Mine SSSi stretches its dark, labyrinthine fingers deep into the Jurassic bedrock, preserving a stillness that has persisted since the last pickaxe fell silent. The light in this corner of Wiltshire possesses a particular clarity, often catching the pale, weathered masonry of the Round House as it watches over the road. Box retains a sturdy, industrious character, born from the extraction of resources that once powered the growth of the region. Even today, the valley of Box Bottom draws the eye toward the horizon, where the land falls away into a verdant, shadowed crease in the Wiltshire plateau.
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About This Box, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Box, 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 Box includes coordinates 51.415236, -2.252354, 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 Box is available on the Box 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.