Kington, Gloucestershire Weather
About Kington, Gloucestershire
Kington anchors the quiet geography of the Severn Vale, where the earth settles into a slow, deliberate incline. It lies 0.9 miles west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 264°T, OS grid ST 622 900). Low-lying fields stretch out from the cluster of dwellings, their borders marked by the stubborn persistence of ancient hedgerows. To the north-northeast, the land dips into the verdant hollow of The Gully, a limestone passage that catches the morning mist and holds it against the cooling air. Kington gazes across the landscape toward the rising silhouette of Fowler's Hill, where the horizon feels heavy with the weight of unrecorded centuries. The light here has a particular clarity, washing over stone walls and damp pasture with a pale, silver intensity that makes the shadows seem deliberate. Nearby, the grand, crenellated towers of Thornbury Castle loom in the distance, casting a long, silent authority over the surrounding plains. Every path in Kington seems to lead the eye toward these distant, stony landmarks, grounding the present moment in the quiet permanence of the past.
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About This Kington, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kington, 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 Kington includes coordinates 51.608154, -2.546348, 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 Kington is available on the Kington 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.