Tanis emerges from the Wiltshire landscape as a quiet collection of stone and timber, defined by the slow, steady rhythm of the surrounding fields. It lies 1.5 miles north-west of Devizes (from Devizes: bearing 310°T, OS grid ST 986 629), and is situated east-north-east of Rowde village. Sunlight here has a way of catching the limestone walls, turning the masonry into a pale, honeyed colour that seems to hold the warmth long after the afternoon has waned. A short walk south leads to the Caen Hill Locks, where the water in the flight of locks reflects the sky in shifting, metallic ribbons of grey and blue. To the north-east, the high ground of Roundway Down And Covert Sssi rises to meet the clouds, its slopes bearing the silent, wind-swept memory of ancient earthworks. The air throughout Tanis carries a crispness, particularly when the wind travels from the high chalk ridges towards the lower pastures. Local life remains tied to the cycles of the seasons, with the seasonal turn of the plough often marking the passage of the year more distinctly than the calendar. Tanis maintains a deliberate stillness, an enduring quality that feels as fixed as the bedrock beneath the heavy clay soil.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tanis, 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 Tanis includes coordinates 51.36554, -2.021209, 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 Tanis is available on the Tanis 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.