Shortwood, Gloucestershire Weather
About Shortwood, Gloucestershire
Shortwood occupies a high, limestone shelf that commands a rugged view over the sharp folds of the Cotswold landscape. It lies 0.6 miles west of Nailsworth (from Nailsworth: bearing 263°T, OS grid ST 839 993). This elevated position allows the pale, honey-coloured stone of the local cottages to catch the slant of the afternoon sun, casting long shadows across the dry-stone walls. Below the houses, the terrain drops away towards the cooling, rhythmic flow of Miry Brook, where the water carves a quiet path through the deep greenery. Shortwood Green serves as a central clearing where the grass remains resilient and windswept, providing a stark contrast to the dense, wooded slopes that rise steeply toward Bunting Hill. The architecture here carries a utilitarian grace, a remnant of the robust industrial legacy that once defined the nearby textile valleys. During the winter, the mist often clings to the lower reaches, leaving the higher ground of Shortwood exposed to a thin, silver light that makes the horizon appear infinite. The silence found here is rarely absolute, punctuated instead by the distant, rhythmic clatter of the valley below and the persistent, low-frequency hum of the wind traversing the ridge.
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About This Shortwood, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shortwood, 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 Shortwood includes coordinates 51.692821, -2.233831, 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 Shortwood is available on the Shortwood 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.