Kingswood, Gloucestershire Weather
About Kingswood, Gloucestershire
Kingswood emerges from the landscape of the Stroud district as a place defined by the quiet persistence of its stone and the memory of its ecclesiastical past. It lies 1.1 miles south-west of Wotton-under-Edge (from Wotton-under-Edge: bearing 217°T, OS grid ST 746 918). The surviving Kingswood Abbey Gate stands as a solitary, weathered sentinel, its medieval masonry offering a stark contrast to the domestic brickwork that now defines the streetscape. Water has long dictated the rhythm of the terrain, as Dyers Brook flows through the periphery, carrying a cold, clear clarity that once powered the local cloth industry. The air here holds a particular, damp stillness, especially as the evening light catches the grey limestone of the older cottages. Walking the lanes, one notices how the modern expansion of Kingswood respects the older, tighter boundaries laid down by monastic influence centuries ago. Further out, the gentle rise of Elbury Hill creates a soft, permanent silhouette against the horizon, anchoring the geography to the wider Cotswold escarpment. The character of the place is not found in grand gestures, but in the functional, unpretentious endurance of its layout and the way the shadows deepen across the fields after a sudden rain.
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About This Kingswood, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kingswood, 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 Kingswood includes coordinates 51.624567, -2.367823, 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 Kingswood is available on the Kingswood 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.