St Briavels, Gloucestershire Weather
About St Briavels, Gloucestershire
St Briavels commands a ridge overlooking the Wye Valley, where the land falls away into a deep, verdant crease of woodland. It lies 3.9 miles south-south-west of Coleford (from Coleford: bearing 194°T, OS grid SO 559 045), and is situated north-north-east of Hewelsfield Common village. The heavy stone of St Briavels Castle, a former administrative centre for the Forest of Dean, keeps a watchful, silent vigil over the surrounding fields. Much of the surrounding terrain falls within The Hudnalls SSSI, where the ancient coppice woods allow a thin, silver light to filter through the canopy onto the forest floor. Beyond the castle walls, the earth rises toward the silhouette of Mork Hill, defining the horizon with a steady, earthen weight. The local landscape remains shaped by the limestone geology that dictates the quick drainage of the soil and the abruptness of the slopes. Local life here carries the quiet persistence of a place that once governed the royal hunting grounds, though today the rhythm is dictated by the turning seasons rather than the demands of the forest wardens. St Briavels endures as a sturdy collection of dwellings that seem to have grown directly from the rock beneath them.
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About This St Briavels, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Briavels, 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 includes coordinates 51.737708, -2.639362, 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 is available on the St Briavels 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.