Orange End emerges from the quiet creases of the Gloucestershire landscape as a small, secluded cluster of dwellings. It lies 3.4 miles south of Wotton-under-Edge (from Wotton-under-Edge: bearing 175°T, OS grid ST 761 878), and is situated south-south-west of Hillesley village. The earth here holds the damp, ancient weight of the Lower Woods SSSI, where the tree canopy keeps the air cool and thick with the scent of rotting leaves and damp timber. Rising sharply to the east, Cold Change Hill breaks the horizon, its slopes catching the pale, thin light of winter afternoons with a sudden, shivering brightness. Orange End remains tethered to this woodland fringe, a place where the stillness is only occasionally punctured by the sharp call of a crow or the rustle of deer in the undergrowth. A short distance to the southeast, the slopes of Hawkesbury Knoll rise to meet the sky, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields as the sun dips low. The local terrain demands a slow, deliberate pace, as if the land itself resists the hurried transit of the modern world. Orange End exists in a pocket of silence, defined by the heavy, loamy soil and the encroaching wildness of the surrounding timberland.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orange End, 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 Orange End includes coordinates 51.588652, -2.345276, 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 Orange End is available on the Orange End 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.