Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Weather
About Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Cheltenham rises from the Severn Vale, its Regency architecture catching the pale, honeyed light that spills over the Cotswold escarpment. The discovery of mineral springs in the eighteenth century transformed a modest agricultural site into a fashionable spa destination, drawing the elite to its elegant promenades. Today, the economy thrives on this enduring legacy of leisure, alongside a robust professional services sector and a reputation as a centre for cybersecurity. Beneath the grand white facades, the streets hum with a rhythmic vitality that belies the quiet dignity of the historic spa waters.
Cheltenham hosts the world-renowned literature festival, a vibrant seasonal heartbeat that brings authors and poets to the refined grounds of Imperial Gardens. The composer Gustav Holst was born here, and his presence lingers in the preserved rooms of his Victorian house, where the air retains a faint, scholarly stillness. Beyond the curated greenery, the town maintains a storied sporting tradition, most famously through its steeplechase course, which commands the attention of the nation every spring. Visitors often wander toward the ancient stones of the Churchyard Cross in St Mary’s Churchyard, where the weight of centuries settles into the grass with an unforced, quiet authority.
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About This Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cheltenham, 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 Cheltenham includes coordinates 51.90073, -2.076693, 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 Cheltenham is available on the Cheltenham 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.