Uphill reveals its character through the salt-bitten limestone ridges that rise abruptly from the coastal mudflats of the Bristol Channel. It lies 1.6 miles south of Weston-super-Mare (from Weston-super-Mare: bearing 187°T, OS grid ST 317 586). The horizon here is dominated by the ancient, wind-scoured promontory of the Uphill Cliff Sssi, where the earth gives way to a steep, grey descent toward the sea. Below these heights, the flat expanse of Royal Sands and Uphill provides a vast, open stage for the shifting tides to rearrange the sand in pale, rhythmic furrows. A sense of enduring isolation clings to the old stone structures, including the nearby Explosives Store, which marks the landscape with a heavy, industrial silence. Uphill maintains a distinct identity, separated from its busier neighbour by the marshy, winding channels of the local waterways. Light catches the high, exposed grasses of the cliffside, illuminating a terrain that feels less like a suburb and more like a rugged frontier between land and water. The rhythm of Uphill is dictated by these tides, which wash the shoreline clean twice daily, leaving behind a pristine, desolate beauty.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Uphill, 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 Uphill includes coordinates 51.323129, -2.980715, 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 Uphill is available on the Uphill 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.