Ruscombe, Gloucestershire Weather
About Ruscombe, Gloucestershire
Ruscombe occupies a limestone shelf that tilts toward the Severn Vale, catching the morning sun before it reaches the deeper valleys below. It lies 1.4 miles north-west of Stroud (from Stroud: bearing 315°T, OS grid SO 834 067), and is situated east of Randwick village. The local stone cottages of Ruscombe appear to have grown directly from the hillside, their heavy gables weathering the sharp winds that sweep across the nearby crest of Primrose Hill. Beyond the domestic gardens, the land rises into the ancient, silent earthworks of the Randwick Hill Long Barrow, a reminder of the generations who first watched the shadows lengthen over these slopes. The light here has a crystalline quality, often sharpening the edges of the drystone walls until they look like drawn lines upon the grass. Below the ridge, the quiet waters of The Mayor's Pool mirror the changing colours of the sky, providing a rare stillness in an otherwise rugged incline. Ruscombe maintains a quiet independence, detached from the industrial hum of the valley floor, yet remains tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the seasons. Each winter, the frost clings longer to the northern faces of the fields, turning the landscape into a study of silver and grey.
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About This Ruscombe, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruscombe, 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 Ruscombe includes coordinates 51.759584, -2.24084, 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 Ruscombe is available on the Ruscombe 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.