Drybrook, Gloucestershire Weather
About Drybrook, Gloucestershire
Drybrook occupies a high, rugged ridge within the Forest of Dean, where the air holds the keen edge of the uplands. It lies 1.3 miles west-south-west of Mitcheldean (from Mitcheldean: bearing 241°T, OS grid SO 645 175), and is situated west-north-west of Plump Hill village. To the north-northeast, the slopes of Hazel Hill rise in a quiet swell, casting long, lean shadows across the limestone outcrops that define the local geology. This terrain once hummed with the industry of iron and coal, leaving behind a landscape marked by the deep, silent scars of extraction. The nearby Puddlebrook Quarry Sssi reveals layers of ancient earth, exposing the pale, skeletal strata that support the weight of the woods. Drybrook maintains a singular character shaped by its elevation, where the light seems to break against the buildings with a peculiar, silver intensity. Residents walk paths that have long outlasted the heavy carts of the mining era, trading the clamour of iron for the persistent, rhythmic rustle of the surrounding canopy. History here is written not in grand monuments, but in the enduring stubbornness of stone walls that hold the hillside against the slow, patient erosion of time.
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About This Drybrook, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drybrook, 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 Drybrook includes coordinates 51.855494, -2.516482, 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 Drybrook is available on the Drybrook 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.