Ruardean Woodside, Gloucestershire Weather
About Ruardean Woodside, Gloucestershire
Ruardean Woodside occupies a high, exposed ridge where the wind carries the damp scent of the Forest of Dean across the rooftops. It lies 2.5 miles north-west of Cinderford (from Cinderford: bearing 310°T, OS grid SO 625 167), and is situated south-east of Ruardean village. The terrain falls away sharply toward the quiet depths of Newham Bottom, where the light loses its intensity as it gathers among the ferns and shadowed timber. Ruardean Woodside maintains a stark, functional character, shaped by the hard labour of past coal extraction that once defined the rhythm of these slopes. Beyond the houses, the land rises again toward the scrubby crown of Shot Hill, where the soil is thin and the grass grows coarse against the sky. History lingers in the nearby earthworks of the old castle, though little remains now save for the faint, unnatural contours of a forgotten fortification. The air here feels thin and restless, untethered from the sheltered valleys that define the lower reaches of the county. Every lane in Ruardean Woodside ends abruptly against the encroaching woodland, marking the boundary between the stone of the hearth and the wild, tangled growth of the forest.
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About This Ruardean Woodside, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruardean Woodside, 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 Ruardean Woodside includes coordinates 51.847967, -2.544603, 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 Ruardean Woodside is available on the Ruardean Woodside 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.