Upper Littleton, Gloucestershire Weather
About Upper Littleton, Gloucestershire
Upper Littleton holds the quiet gravity of a limestone ridge, catching the low light that spills across the northern reaches of the Mendip landscape. It lies 5.6 miles south-south-west of Bristol (from Bristol: bearing 199°T, OS grid ST 553 643), and is situated east-south-east of Winford village. Rainwater here drains into the soft, heavy earth, feeding the verdant slopes that rise toward the reservoir waters of the Chew Valley. A short distance to the west, the ruined masonry of the Littleton Gunpowder Works at Powdermill Farm marks the site of a volatile industry that once hummed with the percussion of black powder production. The air around these old industrial foundations feels thin and expectant, as if the silence is still punctuated by the ghosts of long-extinguished kilns. To the north, the protected wildness of Barns Batch Spinney SSSI offers a refuge for tangled thickets and the sharp, sudden flight of woodland birds. Upper Littleton remains a place defined by its proximity to these rugged outcrops and the persistent, slow-moving shadows cast by the hills. The horizon is dominated by the blunt, grassy shoulder of Chew Hill, which anchors the view and provides a constant, shifting backdrop of grey and ochre.
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About This Upper Littleton, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Littleton, 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 Littleton includes coordinates 51.376175, -2.643147, 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 Littleton is available on the Upper Littleton 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.