Pensford, Gloucestershire Weather
About Pensford, Gloucestershire
Pensford emerges from the valley floor where the River Chew traces a serpentine path beneath its iconic, towering viaduct. It lies 3.8 miles south-west of Keynsham (from Keynsham: bearing 215°T, OS grid ST 618 637), and is situated west-south-west of Woollard village. The lingering damp of the Old Mill Stream imparts a silver sheen to the morning air, softening the sharp edges of the nineteenth-century masonry that once served the local coal industry. Above these industrial echoes, the landscape rises toward the quiet slopes of Settle Hill, where the horizon remains uncluttered by the frantic pace of the modern world. Travellers often pause here to observe how the light catches the limestone, a pale, porous stone that seems to exhale the heat of the day long after the sun has dipped low. A short distance away, the ancient, weathered monoliths of the Stanton Drew stone circles stand in silent, rhythmic defiance of the passing centuries. Pensford maintains an atmosphere of deliberate composure, anchored by the sturdy presence of its historic buildings and the persistent, low-frequency hum of moving water. This geography invites a particular kind of solitude, one defined by the weight of earth and the endurance of stone.
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About This Pensford, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pensford, 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 Pensford includes coordinates 51.371098, -2.548908, 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 Pensford is available on the Pensford 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.