Moorcot, Herefordshire Weather
About Moorcot, Herefordshire
Moorcot remains a quiet cluster of hearths and hedgerows, defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the Herefordshire seasons. It lies 3.9 miles east of Kington (from Kington: bearing 97°T, OS grid SO 359 558), and is situated east of Lyonshall village. The low sun of late autumn often catches the damp, heavy clay of the fields, turning the earth into a dark, reflective mirror that holds the sky in its grip. To the east, the Sour Brook carves a persistent, silver thread through the landscape, draining the surrounding pastures with an indifference born of geological time. Moorcot feels the influence of the nearby Westonbury Mill Water Gardens, where the purposeful movement of diverted water echoes the industry once demanded of these rural fringes. The architecture here retains a stubborn, vernacular modesty, favouring local stone that seems to have emerged directly from the furrowed ground. Trees stand as gnarled sentinels against the horizon, their branches skeletal and stark against the pale, bruised light of the West Midlands. This land demands a patient eye, revealing its character only to those who watch the shadows lengthen across the quiet, unpeopled lanes.
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About This Moorcot, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Moorcot, 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 Moorcot includes coordinates 52.196831, -2.938517, 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 Moorcot is available on the Moorcot 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.