Lower Swainswick, Gloucestershire Weather
About Lower Swainswick, Gloucestershire
Lower Swainswick gathers its stone cottages along the valley floor where the morning light catches the steep incline of the Cotswolds. It lies 1.5 miles north-north-east of Bath (from Bath: bearing 29°T, OS grid ST 763 670), and is situated south of Upper Swainswick village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, dramatic rise of Little Solsbury Hill, which commands the skyline like an ancient, grass-grown sentinel watching over the valley. Beneath the hill’s shadow, the quiet lanes of Lower Swainswick offer a reprieve from the heavier traffic of the nearby city. A short walk toward the south-east leads one to the expansive lawns of Alice Park, where the air feels lighter and the trees hold the silence of the afternoon. The proximity to such open, elevated ground gives Lower Swainswick a sense of exposure to the elements, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and limestone from the surrounding slopes. Residents here find themselves caught between the urban gravity of Bath and the wild, untamed posture of the hills. This duality grants the place a particular character, neither fully tethered to the bustle of the streets nor entirely surrendered to the solitude of the high downs.
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About This Lower Swainswick, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Swainswick, 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 Swainswick includes coordinates 51.402313, -2.341799, 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 Swainswick is available on the Lower Swainswick 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.