Windrush maintains a quiet composure along the limestone slopes of the Cotswolds, defined by the steady, unadorned presence of its honey-coloured stone architecture. It lies 3.6 miles west of Burford (from Burford: bearing 279°T, OS grid SP 193 130), and is situated west-south-west of Great Barrington village. The terrain here feels deliberate, shaped by the slow, persistent movement of the river that shares its name and cuts through the surrounding fields with a calm, silver clarity. A short walk to the south-west reveals the earthworks of Windrush Camp, a scheduled monument where the turf rises in subtle, ancient ridges against the horizon. The light in this part of Gloucestershire has a particular, pale quality, often catching the gables of local dwellings before fading across the expansive grounds of the nearby Barrington Park. Centuries of agricultural industry have left the land around Windrush marked by a series of low, grassy mounds and hidden hollows that suggest a long, layered human history. The architecture of the parish church serves as a grounding anchor for the landscape, its tower rising with a stark, vertical authority above the surrounding meadows. Through the seasons, Windrush remains defined by this balance between the enduring, heavy masonry of its houses and the expansive, open character of the valley floor.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windrush, 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 Windrush includes coordinates 51.816001, -1.721061, 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 Windrush is available on the Windrush 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.