Tockington holds a quiet gravity in the landscape of South Gloucestershire, where the limestone soil anchors a history of steady, rural industry. It lies 2.8 miles south-west of Thornbury (from Thornbury: bearing 216°T, OS grid ST 609 866), and is situated south-west of Old Down village. The light here often catches the soft, worn stone of older houses, lending them a silvered patina that deepens as the sun dips toward the horizon. Residents gather at Tockington Green, a central expanse of grass where the air carries the scent of damp earth and the distant, rhythmic turning of the seasons. To the west, the land rises toward Eastcombe Hill, providing a vantage point that looks out over the low-lying plains of the Severn Vale. Tockington maintains an intimacy defined by its lanes, which wind with a deliberate, unhurried purpose through the surrounding fields. The nearby Olveston Court Moat Complex And Earthworks remains a silent witness to centuries of occupation, its grass-covered banks holding the faint, geometric memory of medieval ambition. Life in Tockington continues with a measured pace, far removed from the frantic pulse of the modern thoroughfare.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tockington, 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 Tockington includes coordinates 51.577103, -2.564331, 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 Tockington is available on the Tockington 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.