Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire Weather
About Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire
Lower Slaughter reveals itself through the gentle passage of the River Eye, which mirrors the honey-coloured limestone of its cottages in the clear, shallow water. It lies 2.6 miles south-west of Stow-on-the-Wold (from Stow-on-the-Wold: bearing 220°T, OS grid SP 165 225), and is situated east-south-east of Upper Slaughter village. Footpaths wind away from the centre toward the ancient earthworks of Castle Mound, where the wind carries a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of modern life. The architecture of Lower Slaughter remains defined by the traditional Cotswold stone, a material that absorbs the low autumn sun to radiate a soft, golden warmth against the cooling air. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the landscape opens into the expansive grounds of the Chessels Roman Site, where the earth preserves remnants of a past that once hummed with the industry of a different age. The water-mill, standing as a silent sentinel at the heart of the waterway, marks the rhythm of the day with the rhythmic churning of its iron-bound wheel. Here, the horizon is wide enough to catch the shifting moods of the sky, grounding the observer in the immediate, tactile reality of the Gloucestershire countryside.
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About This Lower Slaughter, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Slaughter, 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 Lower Slaughter includes coordinates 51.901593, -1.761243, 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 Lower Slaughter is available on the Lower Slaughter 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.