Gastard holds the quiet composure of a place where the honey-coloured stone of the Cotswolds meets the softer, rolling pastures of Wiltshire. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-east of Corsham (from Corsham: bearing 150°T, OS grid ST 884 685), and is situated north of Whitley village. The morning light here often catches the grey limestone of local cottages, turning them a pale, luminous gold that seems to hold the warmth of the sun long after it has dipped below the horizon. A short walk to the north brings one to the expansive grounds of Corsham Court, where the vast, manicured parkland provides a stately contrast to the intimate, winding lanes of Gastard. The landscape carries a subtle weight, shaped by generations of agricultural toil and the quiet persistence of rural life. Beyond the immediate fields, the calm waters of Corsham Lake offer a reflective stillness, mirroring the shifting moods of the English sky. Gastard remains a place of understated character, defined not by grand monuments, but by the steady, unpretentious rhythm of its own boundaries.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gastard, 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 Gastard includes coordinates 51.415702, -2.167948, 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 Gastard is available on the Gastard 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.