Smitham Hill, Gloucestershire Weather
About Smitham Hill, Gloucestershire
Smitham Hill commands a quiet prominence over the Mendip landscape, where the earth rises to meet the shifting moods of the Somerset sky. It lies 5.7 miles north of Wells (from Wells: bearing 6°T, OS grid ST 558 548), and is situated south-west of East Harptree village. The air here carries a crisp, thin quality, refined by its elevation and the limestone bones of the plateau. To the north-east, the silent, moss-covered ruins of Richmont Castle stand as a stark reminder of medieval industry, where water management systems once directed the flow of local life. Below these remnants, the terrain dips into the verdant folds of Garrow Bottom, where the light gathers in the sheltered hollows during the late afternoon. Smitham Hill retains a sturdy, unassuming character, defined more by the rugged limestone outcrops than by the fleeting fashions of modern expansion. The surrounding slopes are etched with the subtle, enduring marks of past mining, a testament to a time when the ground was coaxed into yielding its mineral wealth. Here, the horizon is wide and unencumbered, allowing the eye to trace the long, rhythmic lines of the hills until they dissolve into the pale haze of the distance.
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About This Smitham Hill, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smitham Hill, 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 Smitham Hill includes coordinates 51.291127, -2.633841, 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 Smitham Hill is available on the Smitham Hill 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.