Oakhunger marks a quiet junction where the flat, silty reaches of the Severn estuary begin to tighten their grip on the land. It lies 3.4 miles south-east of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 132°T, OS grid ST 674 995), and is situated west-south-west of Hook Street village. The wind carries a brine-heavy dampness here, pushed inland from the dark, shifting currents of Berkeley Pill. To the east, the rising slope of Bevans Hill breaks the horizon, shielding Oakhunger from the broader, more open expanses of the Vale of Berkeley. The low-lying fields retain a stubborn moisture, reflecting a sky that often turns the colour of bruised slate during the autumn months. Centuries of agricultural toil have flattened the surrounding meadows, leaving only the ancient, tangled hedgerows to delineate the boundaries of the earth. Oakhunger remains a place defined by the slow persistence of the tides and the patient, grey light that defines the Gloucestershire border.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Oakhunger, 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 Oakhunger includes coordinates 51.693623, -2.472435, 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 Oakhunger is available on the Oakhunger 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.