Old Down, Gloucestershire Weather
About Old Down, Gloucestershire
Old Down holds a quiet command over the Gloucestershire landscape, where the earth rises to meet the expansive sky of the South West. It lies 2.1 miles south-west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 215°T, OS grid ST 616 873), and is situated north-east of Tockington village. The sunlight here has a particular clarity, catching the weathered stone of local walls and revealing the subtle, ancient contours of the surrounding fields. Residents often walk the paths towards Tockington Hill, a rise that offers a vantage point over the patchwork of pastures that define the horizon. A short distance away, the expansive grounds of Old Down Country Park provide a sanctuary of mature trees and open space that softens the transition between the working farmland and the domestic fringes of the lanes. The air carries the faint, crisp scent of damp soil and distant salt winds blowing in from the Severn Estuary. History lingers in the nearby earthworks, where the landscape retains the imprints of earlier inhabitants who favoured these elevated positions for their sightlines. Old Down maintains a steady, unassuming character, defined more by the shifting shadows of the clouds than by the frantic pace of the modern world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Old Down, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Down, 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 Down includes coordinates 51.584117, -2.554734, 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 Down is available on the Old Down 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.