Swainshill, Herefordshire Weather
About Swainshill, Herefordshire
Swainshill emerges from the low, fertile plains of Herefordshire as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady, unpretentious pace of agricultural life. It lies 3.3 miles west-north-west of Hereford (from Hereford: bearing 290°T, OS grid SO 459 418), and is situated south-south-west of Stretton Sugwas village. Broad, heavy-skied horizons dominate the perspective here, where the light shifts across open fields with a singular, pale clarity. To the north-west, the Yazor Brook traces a sluggish, silver path through the landscape, its waters often obscured by the thickening reeds of the season. The ground beneath Swainshill holds the deep, muted echoes of the past, marked by the proximity of the Site of the Romano-British Town of Magna, where ancient foundations rest silently under the topsoil. In the distance, the steep, wooded ridge of Credenhill rises sharply against the sky, acting as a permanent, dark sentinel over the surrounding pastures. Swainshill maintains an understated presence, favouring the texture of weathered brick and the slow turn of the seasons over any clamour for attention. The air here carries a crisp, lingering dampness, typical of a terrain that remains intimately connected to the cycles of the nearby river valley.
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About This Swainshill, Herefordshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swainshill, 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 Swainshill includes coordinates 52.072504, -2.790604, 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 Swainshill is available on the Swainshill 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.