Aconbury remains a quiet witness to the shifting light that moves across the Herefordshire landscape. It lies 4.1 miles south of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 174°T, OS grid SO 515 334), and is situated north-north-east of Little Birch village. High above the low-lying fields, the iron-age earthworks of Aconbury Camp crown the western ridge like a discarded memory of ancient fortification. Aconbury maintains a reserved presence, where the air smells of damp earth and the slow, rhythmic turning of agricultural seasons. Below the slopes, the waters of Tar’s Brook move with a sluggish, silver persistence through the reeds, cutting a thin, dark line through the heavy clay soil. The horizon is dominated by the steep ascent of Aconbury Hill, a dark shape that commands the sky and casts long, cooling shadows over the lanes as the afternoon fades. Time here is measured not by the clock, but by the gradual encroachment of woodland and the stubborn endurance of stone walls that hold the land in place. Aconbury persists as a place of muted colours and wide, grey horizons, indifferent to the noise of the modern road networks that hum distantly to the north.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aconbury, Herefordshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Aconbury includes coordinates 51.997676, -2.706771, in the county of Herefordshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Aconbury is available on the Aconbury map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Herefordshire 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.