Bishop Sutton occupies a landscape where the horizon is defined by the heavy, silent presence of the Mendip Hills. It lies 5.9 miles north-west of Midsomer Norton (from Midsomer Norton: bearing 305°T, OS grid ST 586 597), and is situated north of Hinton Blewett village. To the north-east, the low dip of Stowey Bottom gathers the morning mist, holding the cold air long after the sun has climbed above the fields. Bishop Sutton remains tethered to the expansive waters of Chew Valley Lake, which pulls the light down from the sky and flattens it against a wide, reflective surface. The slopes of Burledge Hill rise to the south-east, offering a vantage point where the wind strips away the noise of modern transit, leaving only the sound of high-altitude birds. Older stone walls trace the boundaries of the parish, built from the local limestone that holds the dampness of the earth through the darkest months of the year. This geography dictates a life dictated by the seasons, where the damp meadows and grey-blue skies seem to stretch toward the Bristol Channel. The stillness here is not an absence of movement, but a heavy, deliberate patience that persists across the surrounding farmland.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bishop Sutton, Gloucestershire, 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 Bishop Sutton includes coordinates 51.335286, -2.594486, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Bishop Sutton is available on the Bishop Sutton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Gloucestershire 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.