Houndscroft, Gloucestershire Weather
About Houndscroft, Gloucestershire
Houndscroft emerges from the limestone plateau of the Stroud district as a collection of dwellings that seem to hold the morning light with a particular, quiet tenacity. It lies 1.6 miles north-west of Minchinhampton (from Minchinhampton: bearing 315°T, OS grid SO 854 025), and is situated west-north-west of Bownham village. The high, exposed earth here belongs to the expansive Minchinhampton Common SSSI, where the wind carries a sharp, clean clarity that scours the grey stone walls of the houses. Beyond the immediate gardens, the land slopes towards the valley, where the ancient, silent presence of the Woodchester Roman Villa lies hidden beneath the cooling shadow of the hillsides. Houndscroft commands a perspective that feels both intimate and vast, as if the houses were anchored to the bedrock to withstand the rhythmic passage of the seasons. The terrain remains rugged, defined by the rough grasses and the sudden, dramatic drops of the escarpment that draw the eye toward the distant horizons of Gloucestershire. Every boundary wall and narrow lane in Houndscroft reflects the stubborn character of the plateau, where the soil is thin and the horizon is wide enough to lose one's thoughts in the clouds.
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About This Houndscroft, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Houndscroft, 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 Houndscroft includes coordinates 51.7214, -2.212336, 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 Houndscroft is available on the Houndscroft 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.