Phipps Bottom, Gloucestershire Weather
About Phipps Bottom, Gloucestershire
Phipps Bottom reveals itself as a quiet gathering of homes tucked into the verdant folds of the Forest of Dean. It lies 2.1 miles north-north-west of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 339°T, OS grid SO 621 063), and is situated north-east of Whitecroft village. Rudge Brook slips past the southern edge of the dwellings, its waters marking a persistent, rhythmic boundary against the encroaching woodland. A short distance to the north, the dense canopy of Oakenhill Wood draws a heavy, green curtain across the horizon, filtering the afternoon sun into long, sharp splinters of amber light. The terrain here speaks of an industrial past, where the earth still remembers the heavy tread of miners and the iron pulse of the old railways. Phipps Bottom retains a solitary character, far removed from the bustle of the larger valley floors, existing instead as a place of damp stone and persistent, rising mist. Residents observe the seasons through the slow change of leaf and the swelling of the brook, rather than the turning of any calendar. Here, the landscape demands a particular patience, rewarding the observer with the sight of shadows lengthening across the quiet, steep-sided terrain.
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About This Phipps Bottom, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Phipps Bottom, 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 Phipps Bottom includes coordinates 51.754986, -2.549394, 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 Phipps Bottom is available on the Phipps Bottom 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.