Longtown, Herefordshire Weather
About Longtown, Herefordshire
Longtown commands a quiet authority over the borderlands, where the land rises to meet the sharp, lonely spine of the Black Mountains. It lies 13.4 miles west-south-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 239°T, OS grid SO 322 289), and is situated south of Upper Maes-coed village. Green slopes roll away from the high ground, punctuated by the ancient, weathered masonry of Longtown Castle, whose ruins hold the silence of centuries against the moving clouds. Below these stones, the landscape softens into the verdant floor of the Olchon Valley, where the light seems to linger longer, catching the moisture in the air. A short distance away, the secluded slopes of Mynydd Ferddin rise to offer a vantage point over this quiet corner of Herefordshire. The earth here is heavy and rich, supporting a pastoral life that has persisted through cycles of harvest and frost with little regard for the hurried pace of the modern world. Longtown remains a place where the geography dictates the rhythm of the day, defined by the slow drift of shadows across the valley.
Flight conditions near Longtown. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Longtown and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Longtown, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Longtown, 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 Longtown includes coordinates 51.954892, -2.987399, 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 Longtown is available on the Longtown 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.