Longford, Gloucestershire Weather
About Longford, Gloucestershire
Longford claims a quiet stretch of the Gloucestershire landscape where the road pushes north from the city’s edge. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-east of Gloucester (from Gloucester: bearing 18°T, OS grid SO 838 207), and is situated east-north-east of Walham village. The low-lying pastures of the Vale of Gloucester press against the western boundaries of Longford, offering a wide, flat horizon that catches the pale, silvered light of the Severn basin. To the east, the protected grasses of Innsworth Meadow SSSI provide a rare pocket of undisturbed earth, blooming in defiance of the encroaching modern thoroughfares. History here feels thin and scattered, yet the ghosts of older, grander designs linger in the proximity of the Kingsholm Palace site. The architecture of Longford reflects a pragmatic blend of residential expansion and the steady pulse of traffic heading toward the Welsh marches. On damp mornings, the air carries a sharp, metallic tang from the nearby waterways, grounding the houses in the damp, fertile soil of the floodplains. Even with the persistent hum of the A40, the sky remains the dominant feature, vast and indifferent, mirroring the wide, open character of the county.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Longford, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longford, 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 Longford includes coordinates 51.885287, -2.23634, 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 Longford is available on the Longford 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.