Thicket Mead emerges from the quiet Gloucestershire landscape as a collection of suburban lanes defined by their precise, mid-century geometry. It lies 0.7 miles north-west of Midsomer Norton (from Midsomer Norton: bearing 319°T, OS grid ST 657 549). Pale stone foundations and red-brick facades catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon, casting long shadows that stretch across the manicured verges. A short walk to the east, the rising slopes of Welton Hill offer a vantage point from which the chimneys of the surrounding houses appear as mere curiosities in the vast, green sweep of the valley. Thicket Mead retains a stillness that feels untouched by the nearby commotion of the working town, where the River Somer flows with a persistent, rhythmic urgency toward the east. The air here holds a crisp, cool clarity, often carrying the faint, earthy scent of damp soil from the ancient limestone layers that lie beneath the surface. Domestic gardens provide a colourful, curated buffer between the dwellings, their borders carefully tended under the watchful gaze of the shifting West Country sky. Each cul-de-sac within Thicket Mead maintains a private, orderly existence, reflecting the modest, industrious character of a region built upon the legacy of local coal-mining heritage.
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Live animated radar for Thicket Mead and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Thicket Mead, 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 Thicket Mead includes coordinates 51.292946, -2.493205, 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 Thicket Mead is available on the Thicket Mead 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.