Birdlip, Gloucestershire Weather
About Birdlip, Gloucestershire
Birdlip commands a high, limestone ridge where the horizon opens into a vast, rolling expanse of the Cotswolds. It lies 4.7 miles north-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 53°T, OS grid SO 927 142), and is situated north-west of Brimpsfield village. The wind here carries a sharp, metallic clarity, often cooling the air long before it reaches the lower valleys. To the south-west, the incline of Birdlip Hill rises abruptly, marking a geological boundary that has dictated the paths of travellers for centuries. A short distance to the north, the dramatic escarpment of Barrow Wake offers a vantage point where the light catches the distant Severn Vale in sudden, glinting flashes. This limestone bedrock, exposed in the nearby Knap House Quarry, tells a silent story of ancient seas that once covered the landscape. Birdlip remains defined by this elevation, a place where the earth seems to hold its breath before dropping away into the deep, green folds of the countryside below.
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About This Birdlip, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Birdlip, 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 Birdlip includes coordinates 51.827063, -2.106226, 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 Birdlip is available on the Birdlip 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.