Clapton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Clapton, Gloucestershire
Clapton emerges from the quiet, low-lying pastures of the Stroud district as a modest collection of dwellings defined by the shifting tides of the nearby Severn estuary. It lies 3.7 miles south-south-east of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 154°T, OS grid ST 659 978), and is situated west-south-west of Ham village. The light here has a pale, silken quality, often catching the reeds that sway in the cool winds blowing off the river. To the east, the sprawling, ancient grounds of Berkeley Castle exert a quiet gravity over the landscape, their stone walls holding centuries of silence. Clapton remains tethered to this rural stillness, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares. A short distance to the south-east, the site of the moated enclosure in Whitcliff Deer Park suggests a time when these fields were reserved for the hunt and the nobility. Today, the horizon is dominated by the vast, open sky, which mirrors the slow, rhythmic pulse of the water in the surrounding drainage ditches. This corner of Gloucestershire preserves a sense of isolation that feels both fragile and enduring.
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About This Clapton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clapton, 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 Clapton includes coordinates 51.678508, -2.494376, 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 Clapton is available on the Clapton 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.