Bacton, Herefordshire Weather
About Bacton, Herefordshire
Bacton occupies a quiet, verdant fold of the Herefordshire landscape where the Golden Valley begins to gather the shadows of the Black Mountains. It lies 9.5 miles west-south-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 239°T, OS grid SO 376 321), and is situated north-north-west of Abbey Dore village. The land here rises in slow, deliberate swells, holding the moisture of the morning mist long after the sun has touched the higher ridges. To the south-west, the sheltered hollow of Holling Grange Dingle offers a sanctuary of damp earth and ancient shade, contrasting with the exposed, grassy brow of the Minns Close Tump that guards the eastern horizon. Bacton remains defined by its agricultural lineage, where the persistent work of the plough has smoothed the contours of the fields into a rhythmic, undulating geometry. Remnants of medieval fortification persist in the landscape, notably the Motte And Bailey Castle 200Yds (180M) Sw Of Newcourt Farm, which marks the earth with a subtle, circular authority. St Faith’s Church stands as the architectural heart of Bacton, distinguished by its sixteenth-century monument to Blanche Parry, a lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I whose effigy retains a fragile, painted dignity. The light across these pastures possesses a particular clarity, often catching the stone walls in a way that renders the passage of the day visible upon the masonry.
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About This Bacton, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bacton, 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 Bacton includes coordinates 51.984646, -2.908853, 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 Bacton is available on the Bacton 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.