Newnham clings to the steep, tidal curves of the River Severn, where the water drags heavy with silt against the ochre banks. It lies 2.6 miles south-east of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 125°T, OS grid SO 690 117), and is situated south-west of Broadoak village. Beyond the main street, the ground rises sharply toward the heights of Clay Hill, where the air thins and the gorse bristles in the wind. A short distance away, the Medieval Ringwork Castle And Associated Civil War Earthwork Defence remains as a silent, grassy fold in the earth, guarding the passage of time rather than men. Stone houses in Newnham wear the salt-air patina of a river-facing life, their chimneys often catching the low, bruised light of a winter afternoon. To the west, the dark canopy of Blaize Bailey draws the horizon into a sharp, arboreal line. The tide dictates the pulse of the shore, leaving behind a rhythmic debris of driftwood and smoothed glass that mirrors the village's own quiet endurance. Newnham persists in this corridor of water and wood, tethered to the shifting mud of the estuary by centuries of stubborn masonry.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Newnham, 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 Newnham includes coordinates 51.803196, -2.450114, 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 Newnham is available on the Newnham 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.