Littledean Hill, Gloucestershire Weather
About Littledean Hill, Gloucestershire
Littledean Hill commands a ridge of elevated ground that overlooks the dense, brooding canopy of the Forest of Dean. It lies 0.4 miles east of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 96°T, OS grid SO 663 140). The terrain here rises with a deliberate sharpness, separating the suburban fringes from the deeper, shadowed woods that roll toward the horizon. To the north-northeast, the slopes of Beacon Hill catch the waning afternoon light, casting long, bruised shadows across the gardens and lanes of Littledean Hill. The air often carries a sharp, metallic chill, a lingering ghost of the industrial coal-mining legacy that once defined the rhythm of these valleys. Residents look out toward the historic silhouette of Littledean Jail, a structure whose grim, stone authority stands in stark contrast to the quiet domesticity of the modern houses. This landscape remains tethered to its geology, where the earth feels thin and impatient, revealing outcrops of sandstone that have weathered centuries of rain. Littledean Hill retains a stoic, outward-looking character, defined less by its buildings and more by the immense, shifting sky that dominates the high ground.
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About This Littledean Hill, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Littledean 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 Littledean Hill includes coordinates 51.82378, -2.489596, 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 Littledean Hill is available on the Littledean 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.