Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire Weather
About Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire
Limestone ridges rise sharply against the horizon to define the rugged character of Leckhampton Hill. It lies 2.9 miles south of Cheltenham (from Cheltenham: bearing 185°T, OS grid SO 944 178), and is situated east-south-east of Shurdington village. The landscape bears the heavy imprint of nineteenth-century quarrying, leaving behind abrupt cliff faces and the solitary, jagged pillar of the Devil’s Chimney. Above the precipice, the earth holds the quiet remnants of Leckhampton Camp and Tumulus, where prehistoric earthworks still command a view across the Severn Vale. The light here often catches the pale, weathered stone, turning the grey rock into a silver mirror against the deep greens of the surrounding scrubland. Ancient tracks wind through the gorse and hawthorn, leading walkers toward the expansive horizons of the Cheltenham Escarpment. Beneath the surface, the strata tell of a deep geological patience, indifferent to the brief passage of those who traverse its slopes. Leckhampton Hill remains a place of windswept clarity, where the air tastes of salt-laden distance and the hard, unyielding bones of the Cotswolds.
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About This Leckhampton Hill, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leckhampton Hill, 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 Leckhampton Hill includes coordinates 51.859396, -2.082271, 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 Leckhampton Hill is available on the Leckhampton Hill 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.