Lower Soudley emerges from the verdant folds of the Forest of Dean, where the incline of the landscape dictates the very pattern of its stone dwellings. It lies 2.3 miles south-south-east of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 167°T, OS grid SO 665 104), and is situated east of Upper Soudley village. The presence of Soudley Brook defines the western boundary, its waters tracing a persistent, silver line through the deep shadows cast by the surrounding timberlands. Above the rooftops, the ancient earthworks of Soudley Camp remain as a silent, grassy sentinel, watching over the quiet passage of the seasons. To the south, the slopes of Fernbrake Hill rise with a firm, russet clarity against the sky, grounding the hamlet in a topography defined by geological patience. Industrial echoes linger in the soil here, once home to the iron furnaces that drew their strength from the heat of the woods. Time in Lower Soudley moves with the deliberate weight of the forest, turning the gears of the landscape rather than the frantic clockwork of modern commerce. Each morning, the light catches the moss-slicked stone of the older foundations, revealing a stillness that seems to have been gathered from the deep, quiet air of the valley.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Soudley, 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 Soudley includes coordinates 51.791253, -2.486837, 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 Soudley is available on the Lower Soudley 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.