Roundway commands the chalky slopes of Wiltshire, where the land rises to meet the wide, unforgiving sky of the North Wessex Downs. It lies 1.3 miles north-north-east of Devizes (from Devizes: bearing 29°T, OS grid SU 014 632). High above the quiet lanes, the Devizes White Horse keeps a silent, grassy vigil over the fields below, its pale form marking the horizon with stark precision. The terrain here remembers the clamour of 1643, when the Battle of Roundway Down transformed the quiet turf into a site of decisive conflict. Ancient ghosts inhabit the landscape, most notably the Two Bowl Barrows In Roundway Hill Covert, which hunch like slumbering giants against the encroaching scrub. Sunlight here possesses a brittle clarity, catching the sharp edges of the flint and the persistent green of the hawthorn hedges. Roundway remains defined by this elevation, where the wind carries the scent of dry earth and the distant, restless energy of the neighbouring market town. Each stone and hollowed ridge serves as a ledger of the centuries, holding the weight of the past in the stillness of the present.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Roundway, 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 Roundway includes coordinates 51.36804, -1.980817, 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 Roundway is available on the Roundway 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.