Leighterton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Leighterton, Gloucestershire
Limestone walls define the quiet boundaries of Leighterton, catching the pale, thin sunlight that characterises the Gloucestershire uplands. It lies 4.2 miles east-south-east of Wotton-under-Edge (from Wotton-under-Edge: bearing 108°T, OS grid ST 822 911), and is situated east of Tresham village. The landscape here is one of high, exposed plateaus where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant, cultivated timber. Just a short walk from the local school, the ancient earthwork of West Barrow remains a silent, grassy hump against the sky, a stubborn reminder of a much older occupancy. Beyond the immediate fields, the expansive canopy of Silk Wood softens the horizon, offering a dense, dark contrast to the open agricultural plains. Leighterton maintains a reserved dignity, its architecture composed of the same honey-coloured stone that anchors the nearby Westonbirt Arboretum to the terrain. The rhythm of life here follows the slow turning of the seasons rather than the frantic pace of the modern world. One finds in the stark clarity of the winter air a sense of permanence that the newer, more transient places of the south seem to lack.
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About This Leighterton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leighterton, 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 Leighterton includes coordinates 51.61853, -2.257742, 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 Leighterton is available on the Leighterton 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.