Old Forge draws its character from the quiet, persistent gravity of the Herefordshire landscape, where the earth holds the memory of ancient iron-work and cooling hearths. It lies 4.3 miles south-west of Ross-on-Wye (from Ross-on-Wye: bearing 214°T, OS grid SO 560 184), and is situated south-west of Goodrich Cross village. The morning light here often catches the limestone edges of the nearby Churchyard Cross in St Dubricius's Churchyard, turning the grey stone into a pale, translucent silver. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the slopes of Huntsham Hill rise to command the horizon, offering a rugged contrast to the low-lying fields that define the immediate geography of Old Forge. The air retains a singular clarity, perhaps refined by the proximity of the Wye Valley, where the river moves with a deliberate, muscular patience. Every turn in the lane reveals how the topography dictates the rhythm of the day, as the land pulls the gaze toward the distant, undulating ridgelines. Old Forge remains a place of understated endurance, untouched by the frantic pulse of the modern thoroughfare. It is a corner of England where the wind carries the scent of damp bracken and the distant, cooling breath of the river.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Old Forge, 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 Old Forge includes coordinates 51.863003, -2.640296, 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 Old Forge is available on the Old Forge 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.