The Pound rests as a quiet collection of dwellings within the folds of the Gloucestershire countryside, where the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of ancient orchards. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-west of Newent (from Newent: bearing 341°T, OS grid SO 704 310), and is situated east-south-east of Dymock village. Lanes here are narrow and bordered by high, tangled hedgerows that seem to hold the secrets of the surrounding parish in their deep, tangled shade. To the east, the low-lying terrain of the Leadon Valley stretches out, offering a wide expanse of pasture that catches the pale, slanted light of late afternoon. Walking the footpaths, one might encounter the subtle earthworks of the Knight's Green Moated Site, a silent reminder of how deeply the medieval past is pressed into the local clay. The Pound remains defined by this agricultural stillness, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pace of life far more than the rush of modern traffic. Nearby, the Dymock Woods SSSI preserves a fragment of the wilder, wooded character that once dominated this part of the Forest of Dean. Whether under a heavy grey sky or the sharp clarity of a spring morning, the landscape around The Pound maintains a stoic, unadorned beauty.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Pound, 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 The Pound includes coordinates 51.976755, -2.431339, 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 The Pound is available on the The Pound 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.