Southrop preserves an austere, limestone gravity, where the heavy masonry of the Cotswolds holds fast against the scouring winds of the Gloucestershire plateau. It lies 2.6 miles north-north-west of Lechlade-on-Thames (from Lechlade-on-Thames: bearing 338°T, OS grid SP 198 033), and is situated south of Eastleach Turville village. The River Leach meanders through the surrounding lowlands, its waters carving a quiet, persistent path through the chalky earth that has fed these fields for centuries. To the east, the earth hides the faint, structural ghosts of a Roman villa near Great Lemhill Farm, a reminder of the ancient order that once governed this stubborn soil. The light here has a sharp, clarifying quality, catching the edges of the drystone walls until they gleam with the pale, bone-white hue of long-weathered rock. Further north, the weathered socket stone of a churchyard cross in Eastleach Martin remains as a silent, singular witness to the ecclesiastical history that underpins the region. Southrop sustains a rhythm dictated by the turning seasons and the slow, deliberate work of the land, far removed from the frantic pulse of the modern thoroughfare. Every lane in Southrop carries the weight of this quiet persistence, offering a stark, unadorned beauty that reveals itself only to those who watch the shadows lengthen across the fields.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southrop, 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 Southrop includes coordinates 51.728475, -1.714433, 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 Southrop is available on the Southrop 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.