Ridge, Gloucestershire Weather
About Ridge, Gloucestershire
Ridge emerges from the quiet Somerset landscape as a modest hamlet defined by the austere beauty of the Mendip limestone. It lies 6.5 miles north of Wells (from Wells: bearing 1°T, OS grid ST 552 561), and is situated south-west of West Harptree village. The geography here is marked by a sudden, rugged intensity, where the earth drops away toward the deep, shadowed cleft of Harptree Combe Sssi. In the low light of evening, the limestone outcrops catch a pale, silvery hue that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding fields. Ridge remains a place where the memory of heavy industry lingers, evidenced by the remnants of the Compton Martin Ochre Mine Sssi that punctuate the western horizon. These hollows and rocky scars tell of a time when the soil was turned and sifted for its rich, earthen pigments. The air above Ridge holds a bracing clarity, carrying the scent of damp moss and the distant, shifting moods of the Mendip hills. Each stone wall bordering the narrow lanes acts as a silent ledger of the generations who laboured to tame this unyielding, beautiful ground.
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About This Ridge, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ridge, 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 Ridge includes coordinates 51.302483, -2.643823, 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 Ridge is available on the Ridge 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.