Preston on Wye, Herefordshire Weather
About Preston on Wye, Herefordshire
Preston on Wye emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of Herefordshire as a place defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the agricultural calendar. It lies 7.8 miles west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 277°T, OS grid SO 384 417), and is situated north-north-west of Shenmore village. The landscape surrounding Preston on Wye is defined by the proximity of the Afon Gwy, whose waters carve a reflective silver path through the low-lying meadows nearby. To the southwest, the damp, rich expanse of The Flits SSSI serves as a sanctuary for rare flora, where the air hangs heavy with the scent of sedge and ancient, undisturbed earth. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, pale clarity that catches the edges of the hedgerows and illuminates the quiet transition from pasture to woodland. Residents often walk the short distance to Ploughfield Green, a space that retains an austere, open simplicity, untouched by the frantic pace of modern thoroughfares. The terrain remains largely level, allowing the horizon to stretch wide and unobstructed across the fields that have been worked for generations. This corner of the county maintains a solitary, self-contained grace, indifferent to the clamour of distant urban centres.
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About This Preston on Wye, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Preston on Wye, 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 Preston on Wye includes coordinates 52.070433, -2.898879, 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 Preston on Wye is available on the Preston on Wye 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.