Upcott remains a quiet collection of dwellings where the damp Herefordshire air clings to the hedgerows in long, silvered ribbons. It lies 4.0 miles south-south-east of Kington (from Kington: bearing 153°T, OS grid SO 326 508), and is situated south-west of Almeley village. The land here tilts gently toward the low-lying fields, shaped by an ancient, heavy stillness that feels removed from the urgent pace of modern thoroughfares. To the north-west, the secluded depths of Coke’s Yeld Dingle provide a sheltered corridor for wildlife, where the light filters through the canopy in thin, dusty shafts. A short distance to the north-east, the earth rises at Almeley Castle, though little remains of its former defensive purpose beyond the subtle, grassy swell of its historic embankments. Upcott occupies a landscape defined by the slow, rhythmic turning of agricultural seasons, where the soil holds a dark, iron-rich weight beneath the boots of those who work it. The horizon is punctuated by the distant, muted silhouettes of hedgerows, creating a sense of enclosure that keeps the hamlet anchored in its own private, temporal orbit. Every winter, the frost settles upon the pastures with a stark, crystalline precision that clarifies the boundaries of the surrounding fields.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upcott, 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 Upcott includes coordinates 52.152086, -2.98575, 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 Upcott is available on the Upcott 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.