Alderton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Alderton, Gloucestershire
Alderton reveals itself through a quiet geometry of honey-coloured stone and sloping orchard land that catches the low, slanted light of the Gloucestershire afternoon. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-west of Winchcombe (from Winchcombe: bearing 334°T, OS grid SP 001 333), and is situated east-north-east of Alstone village. Beyond the clustered rooftops, the earth rises toward Peter's Hill, where the horizon seems to hold a lingering, ancient silence above the limestone shelves. The landscape here is defined by a rigorous geology, particularly where the Alderton Hill Quarry Sssi exposes deep strata that trace the slow, tectonic patience of the Jurassic period. Residents of Alderton move through a terrain that feels both grounded in agricultural labour and suspended in a timeless, pastoral stillness. To the north-east, the rounded crown of Oak Hill anchors the view, offering a stark contrast to the intricate, folded shadows that gather in the nearby valleys. The very air seems to thicken with the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, grounding the human scale of the houses against the vast, indifferent ambition of the hills. Every stone wall and field boundary in Alderton serves as a silent ledger, marking the passage of seasons that have long outlived the names of those who first cleared the soil.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Alderton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alderton, 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 Alderton includes coordinates 51.998207, -1.999211, 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 Alderton is available on the Alderton 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.