Upper Swell, Gloucestershire Weather
About Upper Swell, Gloucestershire
Upper Swell reveals itself as a quiet collection of limestone dwellings where the pale, honey-coloured stone catches the morning light with a particular, soft clarity. It lies 1.3 miles north-west of Stow-on-the-Wold (from Stow-on-the-Wold: bearing 305°T, OS grid SP 175 269), and is situated north of Lower Swell village. The landscape here is defined by an ancient, undulating topography, where the land rises toward the subtle rise of the Poleswood South Long Barrow, a silent sentinel of earth that has watched over the fields for millennia. A short distance to the north, the New Park Quarry exposes the geological bones of the region, offering a stark contrast to the verdant, rolling meadows that characterise the surrounding Cotswolds. Upper Swell maintains a character forged by the slow turning of seasons and the persistent, unforced gravity of its rural heritage. The River Dikler winds its way through the nearby valley floor, providing a constant, rhythmic presence that has shaped the drainage and movement of the local terrain over centuries. Residents of Upper Swell walk paths that have remained largely unchanged in their purpose, tracing lines across the countryside that connect the modern parish to the deep, resonant history of its ancestors.
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About This Upper Swell, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Swell, 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 Swell includes coordinates 51.94034, -1.74649, 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 Swell is available on the Upper Swell 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.