Draycot Foliat, Wiltshire Weather
About Draycot Foliat, Wiltshire
Draycot Foliat remains a quiet sliver of Wiltshire earth where the chalk downs rise to meet the wide, shifting sky of the South West. It lies 4.9 miles south-south-east of Swindon (from Swindon: bearing 155°T, OS grid SU 183 775), and is situated south of Chiseldon village. The light here has a peculiar clarity, catching the pale, ancient contours of the land as if the very air were polished by centuries of wind. Travellers walking the ridges might discern the faint, humped silhouette of the Bowl Barrow 1Km West Of Sheppard'S Farm Dairy, a silent sentinel marking the passage of those who walked these tracks long before modern maps were drawn. Beyond the immediate fields, the earthwork enclosure on Burderop Down reveals the complex geometry of a past that refuses to be entirely erased by the plough. Draycot Foliat itself holds a modest presence, defined by a handful of dwellings that seem to have grown from the limestone rather than been placed upon it. The horizon is framed by the steep rise of Whitefield Hill, its crest often catching the last, lingering embers of the sunset. This quietude is not an absence of life, but a concentration of it, where the history of the soil is as tangible as the encroaching evening mist.
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About This Draycot Foliat, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Draycot 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 Draycot Foliat includes coordinates 51.496507, -1.737174, 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 Draycot Foliat is available on the Draycot 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.