Shapridge, Gloucestershire Weather
About Shapridge, Gloucestershire
Shapridge holds the quiet, stubborn character of the Forest of Dean, where the land rises into dense, tangled ridges. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-east of Mitcheldean (from Mitcheldean: bearing 159°T, OS grid SO 672 163), and is situated south-east of Plump Hill village. The geography here is defined by the sharp, sudden dip of Horsepool Bottom, a fold in the earth that catches the morning mist before it burns away. Below the canopy, the industrial ghosts of the past linger, specifically at the Gunns Mills Furnace, where stone walls still testify to an era of charcoal and iron. Shapridge sits upon slopes that feel ancient and watchful, bearing the weight of the nearby Welshbury Hillfort’s earthworks upon the skyline. Sunlight strikes the limestone outcrops here with a cold, pale clarity, revealing the raw geology that once drew miners to the ironstone seams. The air remains thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp bracken and the distant, rhythmic turning of the seasons. Residents of Shapridge walk paths that have been worn smooth by centuries of footfall, moving between the high ground and the deep, silent hollows.
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About This Shapridge, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shapridge, 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 Shapridge includes coordinates 51.845194, -2.477287, 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 Shapridge is available on the Shapridge 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.