Liden reveals its character through the quiet geometry of suburban avenues that stretch toward the open Wiltshire horizon. It lies 2.3 miles east-south-east of Swindon (from Swindon: bearing 113°T, OS grid SU 184 833), and is situated west of Wanborough village. The morning light catches the low-slung houses, casting long, deliberate shadows across the pavements that trace the edges of this Wiltshire expanse. To the west, the water of Shaftesbury Lakes offers a reflective stillness, providing a sanctuary for birds that drift above the reeds in the pale, cool air. Liden maintains a steady, functional pace, defined by the practical arrangement of its streets and the nearby remnants of the past that punctuate the surrounding fields. A brief walk toward the south-west brings one to the Richard Jefferies Museum, where the spirit of the local landscape is preserved in the very cottage that once inspired his prose. The ground here remains remarkably level, a plain of development that yields eventually to the expansive, storied dampness of Wanborough Marsh. Through these intersections of modern architecture and ancient earth, Liden asserts its own modest gravity in the wider geography of the county.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Liden, 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 Liden includes coordinates 51.548547, -1.735909, 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 Liden is available on the Liden 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.