Clevedon commands a limestone ridge that breaks the flat, salt-misted horizon of the Severn Estuary. It lies 4.0 miles west of Nailsea (from Nailsea: bearing 273°T, OS grid ST 408 711), and is situated north-north-west of Kenn village. Once a quiet agricultural parish, the nineteenth century brought a swift transformation as the arrival of the railway turned the seafront into a refined destination for Victorian holidaymakers. Today, the economy leans into a blend of independent retail and tourism, bolstered by the lingering salt-air charm that draws visitors to the rugged Clevedon Shore Sssi. The light here has a sharp, oceanic clarity, catching the grey-blue water as it recedes to reveal vast, glistening stretches of mudflat at low tide.
The Grade I listed pier stretches out like a slender finger of iron into the Bristol Channel, a fragile defiance against the second-highest tidal range in the world. Creative energy thrives in the intimate Theatre Shop, while the Curzon Community Cinema remains one of the oldest continuously running picture houses in the country. Samuel Taylor Coleridge once found solace in a local cottage, his presence lending a faint, poetic melancholy to the air of the higher slopes. Residents often walk the paths of Dial Hill, where the steep incline offers a vantage point over the shifting currents and the distant, hazy coast of Wales. It is a place where the grandeur of the sea constantly recalibrates the daily lives of those who dwell upon its edge.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Clevedon, 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 Clevedon includes coordinates 51.436581, -2.851837, 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 Clevedon is available on the Clevedon 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.