Rotcombe, Gloucestershire Weather
About Rotcombe, Gloucestershire
Rotcombe reveals itself through the quiet, stubborn persistence of Gloucestershire stone and the lean architecture of its older boundary walls. It lies 3.0 miles north-north-west of Midsomer Norton (from Midsomer Norton: bearing 339°T, OS grid ST 647 586), and is situated north-east of High Littleton village. A pale, thin light often drifts over the fields here, catching the sharp incline of Mearns Hill just a short distance to the north-east. Beneath the heavy, grey skies of the South West, the land dips into the shadowed, damp hollows of Timsbury Bottom, where the air holds a persistent, metallic chill even in the height of summer. Rotcombe maintains a reserved, domestic character, defined less by grand monuments than by the way the evening sun grazes the flint-work of its dwellings. The horizon remains dominated by the distant silhouette of Amesbury Hill, which stands as a silent sentinel over the local topography. Residents navigate a landscape shaped by ancient coal-seams and the slow, steady reclamation of nature over former industrial excavations. Every road in Rotcombe eventually narrows, forcing a slower pace that allows the sharp, sudden scent of damp earth and crushed limestone to linger in the lungs.
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About This Rotcombe, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rotcombe, 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 Rotcombe includes coordinates 51.325749, -2.507794, 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 Rotcombe is available on the Rotcombe 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.