Fishponds, Bristol Weather
About Fishponds, Bristol
Fishponds reveals its character through the steady hum of a working suburb that once drew its identity from the stone quarries and springs that gave the place its name. It lies 2.8 miles south-east of Filton (from Filton: bearing 136°T, OS grid ST 634 759), and is situated north-west of Hillfields village. The morning light often catches the high, red-brick walls of the old hospital grounds, where the shadows stretch long across the quiet paths leading toward the nearby Glenside Hospital Museum. Residents find a respite in the open expanse of Fishponds Park, a central lung of greenery where the air feels cooler and the noise of the main road fades into a distant, rhythmic murmur. To the north, the sloping terrain of Oldbury Court offers a wilder landscape, where the ancient trees seem to hold the memory of the land before the Victorian terraces arrived. The local streets carry a lingering sense of industry, though the heavy tools of the past have long since given way to the domestic quietude of gardens and terraced rows. One might spot the local public artwork, Fish on its Nose, a playful metal reminder of the water that shaped the topography of the surroundings. Fishponds endures as a place of transition, balancing the weight of its architectural heritage with the persistent, everyday movement of those who live there now.
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About This Fishponds, Bristol Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fishponds, 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 Fishponds includes coordinates 51.481467, -2.52807, 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 Fishponds is available on the Fishponds 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.