Dukes remains a quiet confluence of hedgerows and rolling pasture, where the earth holds the memory of ancient footsteps in its dark, fertile loam. It lies 3.6 miles south of Kington (from Kington: bearing 180°T, OS grid SO 296 508), and is situated north-west of Eardisley village. The light here catches the damp morning air with a silver clarity, particularly as it drifts over the nearby Upper Welson Marsh Sssi, where the water clings to the rushes in beads of liquid glass. Life in Dukes follows the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding fields, undisturbed by the frantic clamour of the modern world. To the west, the expansive landscape of the Bushy Hazels & Cwmma Moors Sssi offers a wilder expanse of bramble and thicket, grounding the horizon in a rugged, untamed beauty. A lingering stillness defines the character of Dukes, as if the landscape itself is holding its breath against the encroaching horizon. The architecture of the region reflects this patience, built from stone that has weathered countless winters without complaint. Each turning lane around Dukes serves as a reminder that history is not a closed book, but a living presence that brushes against the shoulder of the traveller.
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Live animated radar for Dukes and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dukes, 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 Dukes includes coordinates 52.151432, -3.029686, 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 Dukes is available on the Dukes 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.