Clifton Wood cascades down the steep limestone escarpment toward the harbour, defined by a vibrant patchwork of terraced houses that seem to cling to the precipice like barnacles on a cliff. It lies 0.6 miles west of Bristol (from Bristol: bearing 270°T, OS grid ST 573 728). Sunlight catches the brightly painted facades, casting long, shifting shadows across the narrow, winding streets that snake toward the water. High above the docks, the historic ruins of the St. Andrew's Clifton old church site offer a hushed, weathered counterpoint to the domestic bustle below. The air here holds the salt-tinged stillness of the nearby Bristol Marina, where the masts of moored vessels sway in a slow, rhythmic dance. To the west, the elegant sweep of the Royal York Crescent Promenade commands a view that stretches toward the horizon, its Georgian stone glowing with a pale, melancholic grace at dusk. Clifton Wood retains an architectural defiance, its verticality challenging the gravity of the valley floor. Every evening, the transition from the golden heat of the upper slopes to the cool, grey dampness of the riverbank marks the passage of another quiet day.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clifton Wood, Bristol, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Clifton Wood includes coordinates 51.453089, -2.614898, in the county of Bristol, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Clifton Wood is available on the Clifton Wood map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Bristol 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.