St Briavels Common, Gloucestershire Weather
About St Briavels Common, Gloucestershire
St Briavels Common rises as an elevated plateau of high, windswept grassland, defined by the lingering, hushed presence of ancient earthworks. It lies 5.5 miles south-south-west of Coleford (from Coleford: bearing 201°T, OS grid SO 542 025), and is situated west of Hewelsfield Common village. The horizon here is broken by the rugged, irregular crown of Mill Hill, which stands as a silent sentinel over the expansive, open grazing lands. Sunlight catches the long, pale grasses of the common, casting shadows that stretch toward the nearby Offa’s Dyke, where a scheduled section of the historic earthwork marks the transition between field and forest. This landscape retains a stark, unadorned quality, where the wind carries the damp scent of the nearby Hudnalls woodland across the exposed ridges. St Briavels Common maintains a quiet independence, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares and defined instead by the slow, seasonal shifts of the limestone soil. The air feels thin and clear at this height, offering a vantage point that commands the rolling, timbered expanse of the surrounding Forest of Dean district. Through the changing seasons, the land preserves a sense of stillness, as if the very ground remembers the ancient feet that once trod these high, grassy paths.
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About This St Briavels Common, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Briavels Common, 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 St Briavels Common includes coordinates 51.719535, -2.664063, 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 St Briavels Common is available on the St Briavels Common 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.