Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire Weather
About Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire
Sheepscombe emerges from the limestone folds of the Cotswolds, a singular collection of dwellings clinging to the steep flanks of a verdant valley. It lies 1.6 miles east-north-east of Painswick (from Painswick: bearing 76°T, OS grid SO 892 103), and is situated north-east of Longridge village. The entire geography of Sheepscombe falls within the Cotswold Commons and Beechwoods SSSI, where the thin, pale soil encourages a diverse botanical life that shifts in colour with the passing seasons. To the north, the slopes of Saltridge Hill catch the morning sun, casting long, deliberate shadows across the dry-stone walls that divide the fields into irregular geometries. The local architecture relies heavily on the golden-hued oolitic limestone, a material that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after the light has retreated from the valley floor. For generations, the inhabitants have maintained a quiet autonomy, their lives shaped by the rugged, uneven topography that discourages hurried movement. Sheepscombe remains a place where the stillness is punctuated only by the seasonal rhythms of the land and the distant, persistent trickle of water carving through the surrounding limestone.
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About This Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sheepscombe, 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 Sheepscombe includes coordinates 51.791607, -2.157904, 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 Sheepscombe is available on the Sheepscombe 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.