Alderley emerges from the Cotswold landscape as a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered near the southern edge of the Stroud district. It lies 1.6 miles south-south-east of Wotton-under-Edge (from Wotton-under-Edge: bearing 155°T, OS grid ST 768 909), and is situated north of Hillesley village. The golden oolitic limestone of the local buildings catches the afternoon sun, casting sharp, elongated shadows that seem to hold the weight of centuries. To the immediate east, the refined grounds of Alderley Grange offer a stark contrast to the wilder, unkempt slopes of Winner Hill that rise steadily toward the horizon. Below these elevations, the land softens, allowing the small, persistent flow of Ham's Gully Brook to carve a narrow path through the limestone bedrock. The air here holds a particular clarity, a stillness that marks the transition between the high plateau and the rolling valleys of the South West. Alderley remains defined by this intersection of rigid architectural history and the fluid, shifting light that sweeps across the open fields. Life moves in accordance with the seasons, following the subtle rhythms of the land rather than the frantic pace of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alderley, Gloucestershire, 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 Alderley includes coordinates 51.616984, -2.335958, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Alderley is available on the Alderley map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Gloucestershire 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.