Sidcot, Gloucestershire Weather
About Sidcot, Gloucestershire
Sidcot anchors the rising slopes of the Mendip Hills, where the limestone bedrock exerts a quiet, ancient gravity upon the architecture. It lies 1.8 miles north of Axbridge (from Axbridge: bearing 355°T, OS grid ST 428 573), and is situated east-south-east of Winscombe village. The landscape here is defined by a persistent, pale clarity of light that catches the steep incline of Winterhead Hill to the east. Sidcot maintains a distinct identity through its historic Quaker association, which lends a disciplined, understated geometry to the local stone walls. To the south, the deep shadow of Hale Coombe hollows out the terrain, creating a cool, damp contrast to the sun-bleached fields above. Footpaths carve through the grassland, tracing routes that have remained largely unchanged since the medieval era. These limestone ridges offer a vantage point where one can watch the weather systems bruise the sky over the distant Somerset levels. Sidcot remains a place of deliberate silences, where the wind carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and coming rain.
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About This Sidcot, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sidcot, 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 Sidcot includes coordinates 51.312489, -2.820998, 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 Sidcot is available on the Sidcot 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.