Old Bishton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Old Bishton, Gloucestershire
Old Bishton lingers as a quiet collection of stone and memory amidst the limestone ridges of the Forest of Dean. It lies 6.4 miles west-north-west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 299°T, OS grid ST 546 953), and is situated south-east of Woodcroft village. The air here holds a particular clarity, chilled by the breath of the Wye as it carves its deep, ancient path through the earth. A short distance away, the precipitous drop at Wintour’s Leap offers a sudden, vertiginous perspective where the sunlight catches the river in a silver ribbon below. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Old Bishton, the landscape bears the marks of human endurance, evidenced by the nearby earthworks of the Offa's Dyke section in Chapelhouse Wood. These quiet embankments invite a sense of stillness, suggesting a history that has long since retreated into the moss and tangled hawthorn. The local character remains defined by this proximity to the rugged gorge, where the geology dictates the slow pace of the seasons. Old Bishton maintains an unassuming presence, anchored by the weight of the surrounding cliffs and the persistent, low hum of the countryside.
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About This Old Bishton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Bishton, 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 Old Bishton includes coordinates 51.654719, -2.65713, 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 Old Bishton is available on the Old Bishton 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.