Lower Maes-coed emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Herefordshire borderlands where the land begins to rise toward the Welsh hills. It lies 11.5 miles west-south-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 240°T, OS grid SO 348 308), and is situated north-east of Longtown village. The terrain here is defined by a slow, deliberate heave of earth, where hedgerows mark the boundaries of ancient pastures and the light catches the damp, dark loam of the fields. To the south, the slopes of Mynydd Ferddin draw the eye upward, acting as a silent, brooding sentinel over the lower meadows. A short distance to the north-west, the Wayne Herbert Quarry SSSI reveals the exposed limestone bones of the geology, offering a stark, pale contrast to the surrounding greenery. Lower Maes-coed maintains an atmosphere of profound stillness, where the rhythmic clatter of agricultural machinery is often the only sound to interrupt the wind. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of every stone wall and timber-framed barn in sight. Life here flows in accordance with the seasons, dictated by the turning of the soil and the long, low shadows that stretch across the valley floor as the sun dips behind the western ridges.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Maes-coed, 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 Lower Maes-coed includes coordinates 51.972171, -2.950483, 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 Lower Maes-coed is available on the Lower Maes-coed 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.