Hampton Bishop unfolds across the low-lying meadows where the River Lugg and the River Wye meet in a quiet, seasonal embrace. It lies 3.1 miles east-south-east of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 114°T, OS grid SO 554 378), and is situated west-north-west of Mordiford village. These alluvial plains, prone to the sudden, silver intrusion of winter floods, sustain a landscape of heavy, fertile earth that clings to the boots of those who work it. Standing in the silent, weathered presence of the Churchyard Cross in St Andrew's Churchyard, one senses the centuries of damp air that have smoothed the stone into soft, grey contours. To the west, the dark, brooding slope of Dinedor Hill rises above the horizon, acting as a silent sentinel over the shifting currents of the valley floor. The light here possesses a particular, watery clarity, often reflecting off the damp pastures to bathe the brickwork of local houses in a pale, ethereal glow. Hampton Bishop maintains a measured distance from the clamour of modern thoroughfares, preserving a stillness that seems to belong to an older, slower reckoning of time. Even the nearby Mordiford Bridge, with its ancient, arched stonework, appears less like a structure of man and more like a natural extension of the riverbank, worn smooth by the relentless passage of water and seasons.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hampton Bishop, 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 Hampton Bishop includes coordinates 52.037641, -2.650486, 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 Hampton Bishop is available on the Hampton Bishop 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.