Longhope, Gloucestershire Weather
About Longhope, Gloucestershire
Longhope rests between the rising ridges of the Forest of Dean, where the land holds the quiet gravity of old limestone and deep-rooted timber. It lies 1.6 miles east of Mitcheldean (from Mitcheldean: bearing 81°T, OS grid SO 689 189), and is situated west-north-west of Little London village. The valley floor catches the light early, casting long, lean shadows from the slopes of Brimps Hill across the meadows. Beneath the surface of the fields, the earth is marked by geological layers that once drew stone-cutters to the vicinity of Hobb’s Quarry, Longhope Sssi. Water moves with steady purpose through the landscape, as Dishes Brook follows its narrow, winding path toward the lower pastures. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, a reminder of the forests that once dictated the pace of life for every generation of Longhope inhabitants. Stone walls remain as stubborn witnesses to the labour of those who worked the soil before the modern roads carved through the valley. Through the changing seasons, the silence of the countryside is broken only by the movement of the wind or the distant, rhythmic call of birds circling above the orchard rows.
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About This Longhope, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longhope, 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 Longhope includes coordinates 51.86801, -2.452983, 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 Longhope is available on the Longhope 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.