Barton marks a singular point of stillness where the limestone hills of the Cotswolds rise to meet the wide, unpredictable sky of Gloucestershire. It lies 4.9 miles east-south-east of Winchcombe (from Winchcombe: bearing 112°T, OS grid SP 099 254), and is situated north-east of Guiting Power village. The horizon here is defined by long, low ridges that seem to hold the heat of the afternoon sun well into the cooling dusk. To the east, the heavy, ancient earth of the Bemborough Farm round barrow cemetery anchors the landscape, grounding the modern fields in a much older, silent history. A short distance away, the protected canopy of Barton Bushes SSSI provides a dense, tangled sanctuary for local flora, shielding the soil from the sharp winds that sweep across the plateau. The light in Barton possesses a unique clarity, sharpening the edges of the drystone walls until they appear as precise as lines drawn on a map. Life here moves with a deliberate, quiet cadence, dictated more by the turning of the seasons than by the rapid pace of the world beyond the hills. Every path leading out from Barton offers a different perspective on the undulating terrain, where the air tastes faintly of crushed grass and distant, damp stone.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barton, 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 Barton includes coordinates 51.927101, -1.856245, 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 Barton is available on the Barton 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.