Dursley Cross remains a quiet confluence of rural lanes where the earth holds the memory of ancient geological shifts. It lies 2.4 miles east-north-east of Mitcheldean (from Mitcheldean: bearing 66°T, OS grid SO 699 201), and is situated south-west of May Hill Village village. The landscape here rises into the formidable presence of May Hill, which commands the horizon and casts long, cooling shadows across the pastures as the sun begins its slow descent. Beneath the soil, the limestone strata tell a deeper story, a fact made manifest by the nearby Hobb's Quarry where the rock face reveals the layered history of the terrain. Dursley Cross serves as a modest gateway to this rugged Gloucestershire topography, where the air feels sharpened by the proximity of high ground. To the east, the slopes of Bright's Hill catch the morning light, turning the grasses into a pale, shimmering gold that briefly softens the hard edges of the stone walls. Travelers passing through find that Dursley Cross possesses a singular, unadorned composure, defined less by grand architecture than by the honest, weather-beaten resilience of its hedgerows and lanes. Every track leading away from these junctions seems to draw the eye toward the wider, rolling expanse of the Forest of Dean district.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dursley Cross, 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 Dursley Cross includes coordinates 51.878785, -2.437853, 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 Dursley Cross is available on the Dursley Cross 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.