Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire Weather
About Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire
Monkton Farleigh commands a high, limestone ridge that overlooks the deep, verdant folds of the Avon valley. It lies 3.2 miles north-north-west of Bradford-on-Avon (from Bradford-on-Avon: bearing 336°T, OS grid ST 804 654), and is situated south-south-west of Kingsdown village. The air here holds a crisp, elevated clarity, carrying the scent of dry stone and distant pasture across the undulating plateau. To the west, the rugged escarpment of Brown's Folly SSSI rises as a jagged witness to the region's long history of mineral extraction. Beneath the quiet lanes, the earth is honeycombed with vast, man-made caverns that once served as a top-secret ammunition depot during the Second World War. Near the manor house, the Monk's Well Conduit House remains as a small, stone-vaulted relic, guarding the hidden springs that have long sustained the inhabitants of Monkton Farleigh. The light catches the pale, Oolitic stone of the older cottages, turning them a soft, buttery gold as the sun sinks behind the silhouette of the nearby hills. These structures stand as enduring markers of a landscape shaped by both the ancient hand of the earth and the purposeful industry of those who carved their lives into the rock.
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About This Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Monkton Farleigh, 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 Monkton Farleigh includes coordinates 51.387978, -2.28211, 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 Monkton Farleigh is available on the Monkton Farleigh 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.