Lower Knowle holds the steady, brick-built character of a residential quarter defined by its proximity to the rising slopes of the city. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-east of Bristol (from Bristol: bearing 161°T, OS grid ST 592 700). Victorian terraces climb the incline with persistent purpose, their chimneys tracing a jagged silhouette against the wide, shifting skies of the South West. Residents often walk the short path to Nover’s Common, where the open grass offers a quiet vantage point to watch the light soften over the rooftops. The air here carries a faint, cool dampness that hints at the nearby Malago Vale, where the earth drops away in a green, hidden crease. Lower Knowle maintains a functional, honest identity, largely shaped by the mid-nineteenth-century expansion that pushed housing out from the industrial core. During the golden hour, the late sun catches the red sandstone and clay bricks, turning the streets into a glowing grid of warmth. This landscape remains a bridge between the dense urban centre and the greener, rolling horizons that begin to stretch out towards the Mendip Hills.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Knowle, 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 Lower Knowle includes coordinates 51.428352, -2.587078, 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 Lower Knowle is available on the Lower Knowle 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.