Avening, Gloucestershire Weather
About Avening, Gloucestershire
Avening draws its character from the steep, limestone-sided terrain that funnels the damp, cool air of the Cotswolds into a singular, tight-knit geography. It lies 1.9 miles south-south-east of Minchinhampton (from Minchinhampton: bearing 157°T, OS grid ST 884 979), and is situated west-south-west of Cherington village. The steep slopes of the Avening Valley define the horizon, where the afternoon sun catches the jagged, pale edges of the stone walls that have partitioned these hills for centuries. High above the valley floor, the Norn's Tump Long Barrow sits as a silent, earthen anchor against the shifting light of the sky. The architecture of Avening clings to these gradients, with the Church of the Holy Cross standing as a heavy, deliberate presence of Norman masonry against the incline. Below, the Tingle Stone Long Barrow rests in the quietude of the northern fields, a remnant of a much older, more primitive human permanence. The local economy and life here still echo the rhythm of the water-powered textile industry that once hummed along the streams. Even now, the stillness of the landscape feels less like an absence of activity and more like a deliberate, measured pause in a long history of labour.
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About This Avening, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Avening, 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 Avening includes coordinates 51.680129, -2.16897, 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 Avening is available on the Avening 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.