Broadrock, Gloucestershire Weather
About Broadrock, Gloucestershire
Broadrock occupies a limestone shelf that tilts toward the River Wye, where the air holds the cool, damp weight of the river valley. It lies 7.0 miles west-north-west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 303°T, OS grid ST 543 964), and is situated north of Woodcroft village. The entire geography of Broadrock falls within the Lower Wye Gorge SSSI, a rugged limestone corridor where the geology dictates the slow, deliberate pace of growth. A short walk to the south-south-west brings one to the precipitous edge of Wintour's Leap, where the sheer drop invites a sudden, vertiginous awareness of the earth’s raw architecture. Sunlight here often hits the rock faces at sharp angles, turning the grey stone into a pale, flickering silver that seems to vibrate against the deep greens of the forest canopy. To the north-north-west, the Lancaut Promontory Fort guards the river bend, its ancient earthworks marking a boundary where the human history of the land abruptly meets the indifference of the cliffs. Broadrock remains a place of quiet transitions, where the wind from the gorge constantly stirs the canopy and reminds the observer of the persistent, unceasing movement of the river below.
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About This Broadrock, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broadrock, 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 Broadrock includes coordinates 51.664887, -2.66215, 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 Broadrock is available on the Broadrock 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.