Broad Town, Wiltshire Weather
About Broad Town, Wiltshire
Broad Town stretches along the base of the Marlborough Downs, where the land rises with a sudden, resolute ambition. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-east of Royal Wootton Bassett (from Royal Wootton Bassett: bearing 151°T, OS grid SU 089 784), and is situated north-west of Broad Hinton village. The earth here holds a damp, clay-heavy patience, particularly where the quiet waters of Brinkworth Brook trace their path through the lower fields. To the east, the Broad Town White Horse is cut into the steep chalk escarpment, a pale, silent sentinel that catches the low winter sun and holds its brightness long after the valley has slipped into shadow. This historic equine figure commands the horizon, serving as a landmark that has defined the local silhouette for generations. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the landscape opens into the protected expanse of Goldborough Farm Meadows Sssi, where the grasses remain undisturbed by the frantic pace of the modern world. Broad Town retains a character defined by this proximity to the high ridge, where the wind carries the clean, sharp scent of limestone and open sky. Even as the seasons turn, the architecture of the place remains modest and functional, deferring always to the looming presence of the downs above.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Broad Town, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broad Town, 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 Broad Town includes coordinates 51.504582, -1.87292, 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 Broad Town is available on the Broad Town 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.