Great Chalfield emerges from the Wiltshire landscape as a collection of honey-coloured stone dwellings that seem to hold the afternoon sunlight with a particular, lingering weight. It lies 2.7 miles north-east of Bradford-on-Avon (from Bradford-on-Avon: bearing 54°T, OS grid ST 860 632), and is situated north-north-west of Holt village. The architecture of Great Chalfield Manor defines the horizon here, its fifteenth-century gables and tall, slender chimneys rising sharply against the pale sky. A short distance to the south, the still surface of Dawes Pond reflects the changing clouds, providing a quiet mirror for the surrounding fields. The land drops away into the gentle depression of Lynch Bottom, where the air feels cooler and the grass remains damp long after the morning dew has vanished. This landscape relies on the steady, unspoken rhythms of agriculture, maintaining a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the modern world. Great Chalfield remains a place where the seasons dictate the day, and the grey stone walls offer a permanent, silent witness to the turn of the year.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Chalfield, 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 Great Chalfield includes coordinates 51.368316, -2.202279, 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 Great Chalfield is available on the Great Chalfield 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.