Rolstone exhales a quiet stillness across the flat, reclaimed levels of North Somerset, where the horizon broadens under an immense and shifting sky. It lies 4.3 miles east of Weston-super-Mare (from Weston-super-Mare: bearing 80°T, OS grid ST 389 623), and is situated south-south-west of Hewish village. The landscape here is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of water, particularly where the West Moor Rhyne carves a glassy, reed-fringed channel through the dark peat soils. Sunlight catches the surface of these drainage ditches, turning the water into silver ribbons that anchor the patchwork of low-lying fields. A short distance to the north-east, the vibrant activity of Puxton Park offers a sharp, modern contrast to the ancient, water-logged silence of the surrounding meadows. Rolstone retains a grounded, agricultural austerity, seemingly content to let the seasons dictate the pace of life rather than the clamour of the nearby coast. Every hedgerow and fence line serves as a testament to the persistent labour required to hold back the encroaching damp of the moor. The air carries a crisp, salt-tinged quality, a reminder that the Bristol Channel is never far from the thoughts of this landscape.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rolstone, 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 Rolstone includes coordinates 51.35665, -2.877798, 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 Rolstone is available on the Rolstone 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.