Wanswell, Gloucestershire Weather
About Wanswell, Gloucestershire
Wanswell maintains a quiet, earth-bound dignity amidst the expansive, low-lying pastures of the Severn Vale. It lies 3.2 miles east-south-east of Lydney (from Lydney: bearing 110°T, OS grid SO 682 013), and is situated east-south-east of Sharpness village. The land here holds the damp, heavy scent of river silt and ancient clay, grounding the houses in a landscape that feels perpetually open to the wide, grey skies of the estuary. Nearby, the Moat and Fishpond at Wanswell Court offer a lingering shadow of medieval domesticity, where still water mirrors the gnarled hawthorn and the slow passage of clouds. To the south, the Vale of Berkeley stretches out like a green, pleated apron, its fields defined by the rigid geometry of hedgerows that have long resisted the encroaching tide of modern development. The light in Wanswell often catches the limestone corners of older masonry, turning the stone to the colour of pale honey before the evening mist begins its slow, cold climb from the lower meadows. This is a geography of subtle shifts, where the horizon remains flat and unforgiving, yet possesses a singular, stark beauty in its refusal to be anything other than what it is. Wanswell endures in this liminal space, watching the seasons turn against the backdrop of a horizon that feels as vast as the history held within its soil.
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About This Wanswell, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wanswell, 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 Wanswell includes coordinates 51.710242, -2.460407, 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 Wanswell is available on the Wanswell 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.