Gilfach, Herefordshire Weather
About Gilfach, Herefordshire
Gilfach remains a quiet concentration of stone and pasture where the horizon stretches toward the Welsh border in a series of muted, green-grey swells. It lies 10.9 miles west-south-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 250°T, OS grid SO 343 341), and is situated east-south-east of Upper Maes-coed village. The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity, often catching the surface of the Black Pool to the northeast until the water glows like a polished coin dropped into the tall grass. A short distance to the northwest, the Slough Brook traces a persistent, silver line through the earth, carving its path with a cold and indifferent precision. Gilfach holds the weight of its agricultural origins in the heavy, dark loam of the fields that seem to absorb the dampness of the morning mist. To the east-southeast, the Beavan Monument serves as a stark vertical reminder of the human urge to assert presence against the slow, encroaching scrub. The architecture of the surrounding farms suggests a long familiarity with the wind, built low and sturdy to withstand the seasonal gales that sweep across the open plains. Such isolation grants Gilfach a distinct, lonely dignity, untroubled by the frantic pulse of the wider world.
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About This Gilfach, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gilfach, 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 Gilfach includes coordinates 52.001678, -2.95727, 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 Gilfach is available on the Gilfach 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.