Southdown, Gloucestershire Weather
About Southdown, Gloucestershire
Southdown rises as a robust residential expanse upon the elevated limestone ridges that define the western horizon of Bath. It lies 1.8 miles west-south-west of Bath (from Bath: bearing 241°T, OS grid ST 725 635), and is situated north-east of Englishcombe village. The incline of the terrain dictates the character of the streets, where the evening light catches the pale, honey-coloured stone of the houses with a clinical, almost luminous precision. To the immediate south, the slopes of Southdown and the neighbouring High Barrow Hill offer a vantage point that softens the transition between the urban edge and the deeper, rural folds of the county. Residents often walk the short distance to Bath City Farm, where the smell of damp earth and livestock provides a sensory anchor against the encroaching silence of the suburban evening. History here is quiet, marked less by grand monuments than by the enduring, subtle contours of the land itself. The layout of the streets reflects a mid-twentieth-century expansion, yet the geography retains an ancient, unyielding quality that ignores the modern grid. Southdown remains a place of transition, caught between the gravity of the nearby city and the persistent, slow-moving pulse of the surrounding countryside.
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About This Southdown, Gloucestershire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southdown, 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 Southdown includes coordinates 51.37018, -2.395244, 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 Southdown is available on the Southdown 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.