Ellwood reveals itself through a quiet geography of deep woodland and the enduring remnants of a heavy industrial past. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Coleford (from Coleford: bearing 147°T, OS grid SO 590 082), and is situated north-east of Marsh Lane village. The landscape here breathes with the damp, mineral-rich air of the Forest of Dean, where the light shifts silver against the rising slopes of Fetter Hill. Just a short walk away, the still waters of Causeway Pool reflect the skeletal remains of a local heritage that once hammered iron and shaped brick. These silent, moss-covered monuments to industry suggest a time when the earth was harvested for its hidden veins of ore. Ellwood maintains a stillness that defies the clatter of the past, allowing the surrounding trees to reclaim the ground where furnaces once burned through the night. The proximity of the ancient woodland provides a sanctuary for those who wish to wander paths where the soil is stained with the memory of the forge. Such a place exists in a liminal space, caught between the gravity of its Victorian labour and the soft, encroaching silence of the forest.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ellwood, 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 Ellwood includes coordinates 51.771817, -2.595526, 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 Ellwood is available on the Ellwood 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.