Pontrilas, Herefordshire Weather
About Pontrilas, Herefordshire
Pontrilas occupies a quiet reach of the Monnow Valley where the lowlands begin their slow, deliberate climb toward the Black Mountains. It lies 10.3 miles south-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 221°T, OS grid SO 398 276), and is situated south-east of Ewyas Harold village. The local topography is defined by the steady, silver-threaded movement of the Worm Brook, which tracks through the fields to the north-east with a persistent, cold clarity. A distinctive quality of light often descends upon the valley, catching the gables of the older farmsteads and casting long, sharp shadows across the flat pastureland. To the west, the landscape holds the muted echoes of medieval defence, where the earthworks of Ewyas Harold Castle rise as grassy, unnatural swells against the horizon. Tradition remains anchored in the soil here, manifesting in the enduring craft of the nearby Ty Gwyn Cider, where the sharp scent of fermenting fruit informs the autumn air. Pontrilas maintains a character shaped by these slow, agricultural rhythms, indifferent to the hurried pace of the modern trunk roads that brush its edges. The horizon remains dominated by the bulk of Mount Hill, providing a permanent, dark anchor for the eyes in an otherwise expansive and shifting sky.
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About This Pontrilas, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pontrilas, 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 Pontrilas includes coordinates 51.943996, -2.877087, 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 Pontrilas is available on the Pontrilas 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.