Cockyard, Herefordshire Weather
About Cockyard, Herefordshire
Cockyard holds a quiet authority over the rolling Herefordshire landscape, where the earth rises in slow, deliberate swells. It lies 7.1 miles west-south-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 238°T, OS grid SO 412 339), and is situated south-south-west of Kingstone village. The wind here carries the scent of damp loam and distant woodsmoke, moving freely across the fields that stretch towards the horizon. To the south, the deep shadow of Big Wood anchors the skyline, its dense canopy offering a dark, leafy contrast to the open pastures. Beyond these trees, the land dips into the sheltered depression of Grey Valley, where the morning mist lingers long after the sun has climbed the ridge. Cockyard remains defined by this proximity to the wilder, unmanicured edges of the county, where the pace is dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the clock. The light in this corner of the West Midlands possesses a peculiar clarity, sharpening the outlines of the ancient hedgerows and stone boundaries that delineate the fields. Every lane leading into Cockyard seems to hold a memory of the heavy iron-rimmed wheels that once traversed these tracks during the harvest. It is a place that asks for little, content to let the shadows lengthen across the grass as the day draws to a close.
Flight conditions near Cockyard. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Cockyard and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cockyard, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cockyard, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Cockyard includes coordinates 52.000853, -2.857892, 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 Cockyard is available on the Cockyard 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.