Horcott, Gloucestershire Weather
About Horcott, Gloucestershire
Horcott maintains a quiet, earth-bound dignity amidst the limestone horizons of the Cotswold district. It lies 0.5 miles south-south-east of Fairford (from Fairford: bearing 164°T, OS grid SP 154 002). The landscape here holds a particular clarity, where the low rise of Horcott Hill acts as a silent sentry to the south, grounding the view against the pale, expansive sky. Beyond the domestic boundaries, the clear, cool waters of the River Coln trace a path through the valley, bringing a persistent, fluid vitality to the surrounding meadows. This water sustains a landscape that has long shifted from traditional agrarian toil to the remnants of gravel extraction, leaving behind a series of flooded pits that now mirror the clouds. The light catches the gravel-dusted lanes, revealing a texture that feels more industrial in its origin than the soft gold of neighbouring stone villages. Ancient echoes linger in the soil nearby, where earthworks and barrows mark the persistent human presence that has favoured this basin for millennia. Horcott remains a place of functional beauty, defined by the steady, unpretentious intersection of sky, water, and the enduring grit of the earth.
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About This Horcott, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horcott, 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 Horcott includes coordinates 51.70074, -1.778318, 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 Horcott is available on the Horcott 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.