Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire Weather
About Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire
Great Witcombe occupies a quiet, sloping fold of the Cotswolds where the light catches the limestone walls with a pale, brittle clarity. It lies 4.1 miles north-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 41°T, OS grid SO 910 147), and is situated south of Little Witcombe village. The horizon here is dominated by the dense, brooding canopy of Witcombe Wood, which pulls the damp air of the valley into its dark interior. Beneath the soil, the remnants of the Great Witcombe Romano-British Villa endure as silent, stone-wrought ghosts of a more industrious imperial age. Water remains a defining force, as the nearby Witcombe Reservoirs mirror the shifting clouds in a vast, glassy expanse that serves as a modern anchor to the ancient topography. These reservoirs provide a stark, artificial stillness that contrasts with the restless energy of the land’s natural contours. Great Witcombe retains a singular composure, defined more by the weight of its geology and the persistence of its hidden ruins than by the passing of human centuries.
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About This Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Witcombe, 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 Witcombe includes coordinates 51.831353, -2.131428, 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 Witcombe is available on the Great Witcombe 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.