Bisley commands a limestone ridge where the horizon breaks open against the high, shifting clouds of the Cotswolds. It lies 3.3 miles south-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 134°T, OS grid SO 904 060), and is situated north-east of Eastcombe village. The stone architecture here holds the warmth of a long afternoon, built from the very earth that rises into the nearby slopes of Barret's Hill. Within the churchyard of All Saints, the stone structure of the Poor Souls' Light serves as a silent, weathered sentinel, marking a history that stretches back through centuries of quiet devotion. Beyond the dwellings, the land falls away into the deep shadows of Hyde's Bottom, where the air grows damp and heavy with the scent of moss and ancient, undisturbed dampness. Bisley maintains a character defined by its elevated isolation, far removed from the hurried pace of the lowlands. The local tradition of the Well Dressing festival brings a sudden, vivid flush of colour to the grey stone, as floral tributes decorate the springs that feed the surrounding valleys. Through the changing seasons, the light catches the angles of the cottages, turning the hard, grey masonry into something soft and flickering, as if the buildings themselves were exhaling the day’s heat.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bisley, 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 Bisley includes coordinates 51.752717, -2.1395, 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 Bisley is available on the Bisley 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.