Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire Weather
About Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire
Stinchcombe rises with a quiet dignity upon the limestone slopes that define the western edge of the Cotswold escarpment. It lies 1.5 miles west-north-west of Dursley (from Dursley: bearing 287°T, OS grid ST 733 988), and is situated south-west of Cam village. The light here catches the pale, honeyed stone of the older cottages, which seem to hold the warmth of the sun long after the shadows have lengthened across the fields. Rising steeply to the south-east, Stinchcombe Hill offers an expansive vantage point where the wind carries the scent of wild thyme and distant rain. From this high ground, the land falls away into the verdant, hushed depths of Hollow Combe, a valley that preserves a profound and ancient silence. History lingers in the earth of the nearby Drakestone Camp, where the faint outlines of an iron-age enclosure remain visible against the horizon. Stinchcombe maintains a contemplative character, shaped by its proximity to the rugged transition between the high plateaus and the low-lying Severn Vale. This landscape encourages a slow, deliberate pace of life, reflecting the enduring resilience of a place carved from the very spine of the county.
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About This Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stinchcombe, 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 Stinchcombe includes coordinates 51.687634, -2.386663, 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 Stinchcombe is available on the Stinchcombe 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.