Old Passage, Gloucestershire Weather
About Old Passage, Gloucestershire
Old Passage guards the tidal threshold where the Severn’s wide, grey currents brush against the Gloucestershire shore. It lies 4.5 miles west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 260°T, OS grid ST 565 889), and is situated west of Aust village. The salt-heavy air here carries a sharp, metallic tang, clinging to the weathered stone of buildings that have long watched the river’s relentless pull. A short distance away, the geological layers of the Aust Cliff SSSI rise in jagged, rust-coloured strata, revealing ancient fossils embedded in the limestone skin of the earth. Beyond the bank, the flat expanse of Northwick Oaze stretches towards the horizon, a sanctuary where the mudflats shimmer under a pale, shifting sky. Old Passage once served as a vital ferry crossing, its history tethered to the rhythmic, dangerous crossing of the water that separated these quiet reaches from Wales. Now, the quietude is broken only by the cry of gulls and the distant hum of the motorway that bisects the surrounding fields. The land here feels pulled between the industrial pulse of the modern bridge and the slow, primordial drag of the river tide.
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About This Old Passage, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Passage, 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 Passage includes coordinates 51.598132, -2.628319, 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 Passage is available on the Old Passage 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.