Erlestoke occupies a quiet fold of the Wiltshire landscape where the chalk escarpment begins its steady climb toward the Salisbury Plain. It lies 5.3 miles south-south-west of Devizes (from Devizes: bearing 208°T, OS grid ST 964 539), and is situated east of Coulston village. The horizon here is dominated by the dark, brooding canopy of Hill Wood, which casts a long, sharpening shadow across the fields as the sun dips low in the afternoon. A stillness hangs over the local terrain, broken only by the movement of water through the nearby Long Water as it catches the silver light of an overcast sky. Erlestoke retains the austere dignity of its limestone architecture, with walls that have absorbed the damp, salt-scented air of the region for generations. To the south, the land rises toward the crest of Stoke Hill, offering a vantage point that commands the entire sweep of the low-lying valley. The rhythm of the days is dictated by the slow shift of seasons against the ancient stone, a place where history feels less like a record and more like the very density of the atmosphere itself.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Erlestoke, Wiltshire, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Erlestoke includes coordinates 51.284524, -2.052014, in the county of Wiltshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Erlestoke is available on the Erlestoke map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Wiltshire 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.