Redcliffe Bay looks out over the restless grey-green waters of the Severn Estuary, where the tide pulls hard against the limestone cliffs. It lies 1.7 miles west-south-west of Portishead (from Portishead: bearing 247°T, OS grid ST 441 754), and is situated north-north-west of Weston in Gordano village. Salt-laden winds scour the upper slopes, lending a rugged, weathered character to the gardens that cling to the steep incline. To the east, the verdant, sheltered expanse of Nightingale Valley Sssi offers a cool respite from the exposed coastal heights, its dense canopy muffling the distant hum of the modern world. Beyond these woods, the slopes of Weston Down rise sharply, their grassy shoulders catching the low, pale light of the afternoon sun. Redcliffe Bay maintains a quiet dignity, defined by its dramatic relationship with the shifting shoreline and the geological permanence of the surrounding hills. This landscape, shaped by the slow grinding of ancient forces, remains a place where the sky feels vast and the horizon perpetually wide.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Redcliffe Bay, 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 Redcliffe Bay includes coordinates 51.475557, -2.805306, 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 Redcliffe Bay is available on the Redcliffe Bay 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.