Great Barrington rests amidst the quiet, limestone-hewn folds of the Cotswolds, where the earth retains a pale, reflective quality even under a grey sky. It lies 2.9 miles west-north-west of Burford (from Burford: bearing 289°T, OS grid SP 207 136), and is situated north-north-west of Little Barrington village. The landscape here is defined by an ancient, enduring stillness, punctuated only by the subtle shift of shadows across the fields. Traces of human tenure endure in the earth itself, most notably at the Barrington Park Roman Villa, where the ghosts of former occupants linger just beneath the surface of the quiet turf. The expansive grounds of Barrington Park stretch out as a Grade II* historic landscape, offering a stately composure that anchors the surrounding meadows. Sunlight catches the honeyed hues of local stone, illuminating a geography that has been worked by hands and ploughs for centuries. Further afield, the River Windrush meanders with a rhythmic, silver persistence, threading through the countryside as it has done long before the records of men began. Great Barrington maintains a character of understated grace, where the heavy silence of the hills is broken only by the sharp, clear call of birds circling the valley.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Barrington, 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 Great Barrington includes coordinates 51.821174, -1.700297, 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 Great Barrington is available on the Great Barrington 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.