Fownhope, Herefordshire Weather
About Fownhope, Herefordshire
Fownhope commands a position of singular poise above the sinuous bends of the River Wye, where the water often takes on the colour of burnished pewter under a heavy sky. It lies 5.4 miles south-east of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 128°T, OS grid SO 577 345), and is situated east-south-east of Holme Lacy village. The land here rises into the rugged, limestone spine of Cherry Hill, where the quiet weight of Cherry Hill Camp serves as a silent witness to the centuries that have smoothed its ramparts. Fownhope balances this ancient earthwork against the verdant, sprawling density of Haugh Wood, a forest that holds the damp, earthy scent of leaf mould long after the rain has ceased. Local life draws a steady pulse from the limestone ridges, where the soil proves as stubborn as the traditions maintained by those who have worked the orchards for generations. St Cuthbert’s Church stands with a quiet, flinty resolve, its grounds containing a medieval cross that seems to anchor the surrounding fields to a deeper, more permanent sense of time. Light shifts across the valley with a sudden, sharp clarity, illuminating the orchards that define the economy and the seasonal rhythm of the harvest. Fownhope remains defined by this interplay between the heavy, dark timber of the woodland and the bright, reflective arc of the river.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fownhope, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fownhope, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Fownhope includes coordinates 52.00808, -2.616869, 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 Fownhope is available on the Fownhope 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.