Flax Bourton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Flax Bourton, Gloucestershire
Flax Bourton emerges from the limestone ridges of North Somerset as a quiet congregation of dwellings defined by the steady transit of the nearby railway and the enduring presence of the church of St Michael and All Angels. It lies 2.4 miles east-south-east of Nailsea (from Nailsea: bearing 108°T, OS grid ST 510 694), and is situated west of Cambridge Batch village. The landscape surrounding Flax Bourton is dominated by the dramatic, verdant incline of Bourton Combe, where the valley floor catches the low afternoon sun to illuminate the moss-covered limestone. To the north, the grounds of the Tyntesfield Estate offer a grand, sprawling counterpoint to the more intimate scale of the local limestone cottages. The proximity of the North Somerset Showground brings a periodic, lively vitality to the periphery, contrasting with the hushed, arboreal stillness found along the hidden pathways nearby. These elevations and hollows create a topography that seems to hold the light with a particular, pale clarity, casting long shadows across the fields as the day wanes. Flax Bourton retains a certain gravity in its architecture, where the grey stone reflects the pragmatic and unpretentious character of a place long shaped by the agricultural rhythms of the Mendip foothills.
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About This Flax Bourton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flax Bourton, 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 Flax Bourton includes coordinates 51.422374, -2.705739, 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 Flax Bourton is available on the Flax Bourton 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.