Hackthorn, Wiltshire Weather
About Hackthorn, Wiltshire
Hackthorn reveals itself as a quiet expanse of Wiltshire chalkland where the sky seems to hold a greater share of the horizon than the earth itself. It lies 2.2 miles north of Amesbury (from Amesbury: bearing 357°T, OS grid SU 152 450), and is situated north-north-west of Durrington village. Pale flint scatters through the soil of Hackthorn, glinting under a sun that bleaches the colour from the grasses during the height of midsummer. Only a short distance to the north, the earth bears the faint, circular ghost of the Knighton Farm Settlement and Moat, a reminder of those who worked this stubborn ground centuries before the modern age. The air here carries a sharp, clean clarity that sharpens the edges of the surrounding downs and makes the distant, heavy silence of the landscape feel profound. Southward, the sprawling ancient significance of the Durrington Walls and Woodhenge monuments anchors the region to a deep, pre-Christian past that still dictates the rhythm of the local geography. Hackthorn remains defined by this intersection of prehistoric echoes and the expansive, open character of the Salisbury Plain. Farmers still turn the earth with a steady, mechanical patience, oblivious to the ancient shadows beneath their ploughs as they navigate the slopes.
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Live animated radar for Hackthorn and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hackthorn, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hackthorn, 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 Hackthorn includes coordinates 51.204379, -1.782925, 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 Hackthorn is available on the Hackthorn 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.