Norton Hawkfield defines a quiet stretch of Gloucestershire where the horizon yields to the steady, rising contours of the Mendip foothills. It lies 4.5 miles west-south-west of Keynsham (from Keynsham: bearing 238°T, OS grid ST 592 648), and is situated west of Norton Malreward village. Low light often clings to the fields here, illuminating the ancient, muted earth that once supported the agricultural life of the region. To the north-east, the prominent rise of Maes Knoll Camp commands the skyline, its iron-age earthworks acting as a silent sentinel over the surrounding pastures. Norton Hawkfield shares this topography with the remnants of history, where the nearby deserted settlement of Pickwick Farm offers a skeletal, haunting reminder of lives long since departed from the soil. The air possesses a clean, sharp clarity that highlights the austere beauty of the limestone walls crisscrossing the landscape. Here, the passage of the seasons is marked not by grand monuments, but by the subtle transformation of the hedgerows and the shifting temperament of the local weather. This corner of the countryside maintains a stoic, unadorned presence, indifferent to the clamour of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Norton Hawkfield, 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 Norton Hawkfield includes coordinates 51.381326, -2.586936, 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 Norton Hawkfield is available on the Norton Hawkfield 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.