Upper Common, Gloucestershire Weather
About Upper Common, Gloucestershire
Upper Common reveals itself as a quiet expanse of Gloucestershire high ground, where the air holds the thin, sharp clarity of the Forest of Dean. It lies 1.9 miles west-south-west of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 257°T, OS grid SO 604 025), and is situated east-north-east of Clanna village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate tilt of the earth, drawing the eye toward the distant, hazy blue of the Severn Vale. To the east, the slopes of West Hunger Hill rise like a slumbering beast, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun dips toward the horizon. The ground beneath Upper Common feels ancient and permeable, a porous limestone surface that drinks the rain and keeps its secrets hidden from the casual passerby. Nearby, the remnants of the Camp Hill Promontory Fort offer a silent, earthen anchor to a past that predates the orderly maps of today. In the quiet transition between the afternoon and the gloaming, the light takes on a bruised, pearlescent quality that makes the hedgerows appear as if they are etched in ink. Upper Common remains a place of profound stillness, where the wind carries only the distant, muted gossip of the trees.
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Live animated radar for Upper Common and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Common, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Common, 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 Upper Common includes coordinates 51.720196, -2.574378, 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 Upper Common is available on the Upper Common 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.