Horton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Horton, Gloucestershire
Horton maintains a stoic presence upon the limestone ridges of the Cotswolds, where the earth yields only to the patient tools of the plough. It lies 2.2 miles north-east of Chipping Sodbury (from Chipping Sodbury: bearing 49°T, OS grid ST 755 845), and is situated south-west of Hawkesbury Upton village. The light here has a cold, clarifying quality, falling sharply against the honey-coloured stone of Horton Court, a dwelling that has watched the seasons turn since the twelfth century. To the east, the earth rises toward the ancient earthworks of Horton Camp, where the wind carries the silence of centuries across the grass. Further north, the landscape softens as it nears the Little Avon River, which carves a modest path through the fields. Farmers in Horton continue to work the heavy clay, their lives dictated by the shifting temperament of the skies above the escarpment. The legacy of the land is etched into the very soil, where the remnants of a Roman villa testify to a time when these fields were already being tilled by hands long turned to dust. Such continuity gives the horizon a sense of permanence, anchoring the spirit against the restless drift of the modern world.
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About This Horton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horton, 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 Horton includes coordinates 51.559241, -2.354386, 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 Horton is available on the Horton 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.