Upper Brailes catches the morning light as it spills over the limestone ridges of the Warwickshire border. It lies 2.9 miles east of Shipston-on-Stour (from Shipston-on-Stour: bearing 100°T, OS grid SP 304 397), and is situated west-north-west of Lower Brailes village. Rising sharply to the southwest, Brailes Hill serves as a watchful guardian over the stone cottages that define the local architecture. A short walk to the northeast reveals the earthen ramparts of the Castle Hill Motte, where the grass grows thick over the silence of medieval foundations. The wind carries a crisp, open clarity here, untamed by the lower valleys and sweeping across the fields with an unforced cadence. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the landscape shifts toward the hidden, historic grandeur of Compton Wynyates, which sits tucked away like a secret in the folds of the countryside. Upper Brailes maintains a quiet dignity, grounded in the heavy, warm hues of ironstone that glow when the sun begins its slow descent. Residents walk paths worn smooth by centuries, moving between the high ground and the sheltered lanes with an ease born of long belonging.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Brailes, Warwickshire, 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 Upper Brailes includes coordinates 52.055274, -1.55667, in the county of Warwickshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Upper Brailes is available on the Upper Brailes map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Warwickshire 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.