Chilton Foliat holds a quiet dignity where the River Kennet winds through the chalk-rich floor of the valley. It lies 1.6 miles north-west of Hungerford (from Hungerford: bearing 319°T, OS grid SU 321 704), and is situated west-north-west of Eddington village. The landscape here is protected as part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a designation that preserves the rolling contours of the land against the encroachment of the modern world. Beneath the wide, pale sky of Wiltshire, the Chilton Foliat Meadows SSSI flourish with a delicate botanical diversity that shifts with the turning of the seasons. Nearby, the remnants of the Roman Villa at Littlecote serve as a somber reminder of the ancient hands that once shaped this same earth. The air carries a singular clarity, reflecting off the water meadows and lending the flint-walled cottages a silvery, ethereal glow in the late afternoon. Life in Chilton Foliat maintains an unpretentious pace, governed more by the cycles of the river than the frantic pulse of the nearby market town. These fields and waterways offer a stillness that feels as enduring as the stubborn roots of the old hawthorn trees lining the lanes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chilton Foliat, 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 Chilton Foliat includes coordinates 51.431977, -1.539537, 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 Chilton Foliat is available on the Chilton Foliat 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.