Upper Wootton remains a quiet collection of dwellings where the land slopes gently toward the deeper Herefordshire vales. It lies 2.9 miles south-east of Kington (from Kington: bearing 142°T, OS grid SO 326 528), and is situated north-west of Almeley village. The atmosphere here is shaped by a profound stillness, where the low-angled sun catches the weathered stone of ancient boundary walls. A short distance to the south-west, the expansive grounds of Nieuport House offer a sense of historical permanence, their heavy canopy of trees buffering the horizon. To the south, the earth rises in subtle, grass-covered mounds at Oldcastle Twt, marking the site of a long-vanished fortification that once overlooked the surrounding pastures. The air in Upper Wootton possesses a distinct clarity, moving freely across fields that have been worked by generations of local hands. Where the terrain dips toward the south, the hidden folds of Coke's Yeld Dingle provide a refuge for ferns and damp, moss-covered stone. This landscape does not shout its history, but rather preserves it in the texture of the hedgerows and the persistent, slow turn of the seasons.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Wootton, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Upper Wootton includes coordinates 52.170131, -2.986705, 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 Upper Wootton is available on the Upper Wootton 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.