Bycross emerges from the Herefordshire landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient pace of agricultural life. It lies 8.4 miles west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 280°T, OS grid SO 375 425), and is situated north-west of Preston on Wye village. The land here slopes with a subtle, deliberate grace towards the Afon Gwy, where the water catches the grey light of afternoon in long, silver ribbons. A short distance away, the damp earth of The Flits Sssi holds a stillness that seems to suspend time, preserving a fragile, marshy ecosystem that has remained largely undisturbed by the passing decades. Bycross remains tethered to these seasonal rhythms, where the horizon is dominated by the expansive, shifting clouds typical of the West Midlands. Winter frost often lingers on the fields, turning the hedgerows into intricate, skeletal structures against the pale sky. This is a place where the geography dictates the chores of the day, demanding a steady hand and a keen eye for the subtle changes in the soil. The enduring character of Bycross is found not in grand monuments, but in the persistent, quiet resilience of its rural boundaries.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bycross, 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 Bycross includes coordinates 52.07741, -2.91294, 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 Bycross is available on the Bycross 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.