Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire Weather
About Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire
Cleeve Hill occupies the highest point of the Cotswolds, commanding a vast prospect over the Severn Vale where the light often catches the distant shimmer of the Welsh hills. It lies 2.8 miles west-south-west of Winchcombe (from Winchcombe: bearing 251°T, OS grid SO 983 268), and is situated east-south-west of Woodmancote village. The limestone plateau here provides a stark, windswept character, defined largely by the expansive Cleeve Common Sssi, which supports a rare flora that defies the thin, nutrient-poor soil. Ancient history remains etched into the ridge, most notably at the prehistoric earthwork known as The Ring, Cleeve Hill, Brockhampton, where the grass-covered banks suggest a silent, enduring presence from a distant age. Visitors often find the air here sharper and more bracing than in the lowlands, carrying the scent of gorse and the persistent rustle of wind through the limestone scree. The geology of the escarpment has long dictated the lives of those nearby, offering a rugged contrast to the sheltered agricultural valleys below. Cleeve Hill serves as a prominent landmark for travellers, its elevated position acting as a natural watchtower that has overlooked the changing patterns of the English countryside for centuries. This high, exposed terrain maintains a quiet dignity, indifferent to the shifting fashions of the world below its limestone edge.
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About This Cleeve Hill, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cleeve Hill, 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 Cleeve Hill includes coordinates 51.940321, -2.025716, 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 Cleeve Hill is available on the Cleeve Hill 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.