Little Witcombe, Gloucestershire Weather
About Little Witcombe, Gloucestershire
Little Witcombe emerges from the Cotswold escarpment as a quiet congregation of stone dwellings that hold the morning light against the steepening slopes. It lies 4.6 miles north-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 37°T, OS grid SO 911 155), and is situated south-south-west of Bentham village. To the west, the Horsbere Brook carves a persistent path through the low-lying meadows, its waters often catching the fleeting silver of the sky. The land here maintains a dignified stillness, further defined by the presence of the Witcombe Reservoirs, which mirror the shifting clouds in their wide, glassy basins. Centuries of human tenure have marked the soil, yet the horizon remains dominated by the rugged, ancient geology of the escarpment rather than the works of man. Little Witcombe occupies a position where the heavy, humid air of the vale meets the crisp, sharp currents blowing down from the higher ridges. This geography creates a unique interplay of shadow and warmth, ensuring that the stone walls of the houses seem to breathe with the changing seasons. The landscape demands a patient eye, rewarding the observer with a sense of permanence that lingers long after one has turned away from the hills.
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About This Little Witcombe, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Witcombe, 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 Little Witcombe includes coordinates 51.838906, -2.13058, 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 Little Witcombe is available on the Little Witcombe 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.