Windmill Hill, Bristol Weather
About Windmill Hill, Bristol
Windmill Hill rises with a distinct, sharp ascent above the tracks that carve through the southern reaches of the city. It lies 1.3 miles south-east of Bristol (from Bristol: bearing 145°T, OS grid ST 595 711). Victorian terraces cling to the steepening slopes, their brickwork catching the low, amber light of late afternoon in a way that turns the soot-stained stone into something luminous and warm. Residents often walk the short distance to Victoria Park, where the expansive green space offers a quiet vantage point to watch the city’s industrial hum recede into the distance. Below the crest, the ghost of the old Windmill Grinding Mill remains a silent sentinel, a reminder of the time when the wind was harnessed here to crush grain for the growing population. The streets of Windmill Hill maintain a tight, vertical geometry that forces a certain intimacy between the houses and the clouds drifting overhead. Winter mornings here bring a silver mist that hangs heavy over the incline, softening the edges of the slate roofs and garden walls. This terrain demands a sturdy gait from those who climb its roads, rewarding the effort with a panoramic view of the horizon where the chimneys and spires of the centre meet the sky.
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Live animated radar for Windmill Hill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Windmill Hill, Bristol Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Windmill Hill, 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 Windmill Hill includes coordinates 51.437728, -2.583918, 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 Windmill Hill is available on the Windmill Hill 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.