Butterrow, Gloucestershire Weather
About Butterrow, Gloucestershire
Butterrow commands a steep, limestone-rich incline that looks out across the sharp descent of the Stroud valleys. It lies 0.8 miles south-south-east of Stroud (from Stroud: bearing 154°T, OS grid SO 856 040), and is situated west-north-west of Thrupp village. The steepness of the terrain forces the houses to cling to the hillside, where they catch the pale, thin light that filters through the Cotswold clouds. This entire elevation falls within the Rodborough Common Sssi, a landscape defined by thin soils and the persistent, scrubby growth of wild flora that defies the encroachment of the surrounding woodlands. Residents of Butterrow move through a world of abrupt gradients, where the architecture of dry-stone walls mirrors the jagged contours of the earth itself. The nearby height of Rodborough Hill rises as a constant, heavy presence to the south-west, its expansive summit offering a wide view of the industrial remnants of the valley floor below. Time here is marked by the shifting shadows cast by the sun as it travels over the ridge, turning the local stone from a cool, morning grey to a warm, honeyed amber by late afternoon. Butterrow remains an intimate, vertical world, defined by the relentless geology of the escarpment and the quiet, persistent wind that sweeps across the plateau.
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About This Butterrow, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butterrow, 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 Butterrow includes coordinates 51.734927, -2.209807, 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 Butterrow is available on the Butterrow 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.