Iron Acton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Iron Acton, Gloucestershire
Iron Acton holds the quiet gravity of a place where the earth has long yielded its secrets to the patient hand of the farmer and the mason. It lies 2.1 miles west-north-west of Yate (from Yate: bearing 288°T, OS grid ST 677 835), and is situated north-west of Nibley village. The landscape here is defined by low, stubborn horizons and the persistent, sluggish course of the River Frome as it winds through heavy clay soils. A short walk to the north brings one to The Green, where the grass wears a muted, silvered sheen under the low-angled light of late afternoon. Further north, the Tudor architecture of Acton Court stands as a stark reminder of a time when the wealthy sought refuge in these quiet, flood-prone meadows. Iron Acton retains an air of profound stillness, broken only by the cawing of rooks in the high elms or the distant, rhythmic hum of regional traffic. To the east, the weathered stone of the medieval cross near Holly Hill Farm guards the memory of pilgrims and travellers who once traversed these lanes on foot. The surrounding fields remain stubbornly agricultural, preserving a horizon that seems resistant to the encroaching sprawl of the modern world.
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About This Iron Acton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Iron Acton, 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 Iron Acton includes coordinates 51.550174, -2.465942, 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 Iron Acton is available on the Iron Acton 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.