Bursledon commands the tidal reaches of the River Hamble, where the salt-heavy air clings to the hulls of countless vessels moored against the shifting currents. It lies 2.2 miles south of Hedge End (from Hedge End: bearing 188°T, OS grid SU 485 093), and is situated south-south-east of Lowford village. The landscape dissolves into the Lincegrove And Hackett's Marshes SSSi, where the brackish water dictates a slow, rhythmic expansion of mudflats and swaying reeds. Beneath the weight of this maritime legacy, the land holds the memories of a once-thriving industrial past, long before the modern quietude took hold. Bursledon draws its character from the interplay of light on the water, which turns the estuary into a sheet of hammered silver during the late afternoon. Further inland, the Hungerford Stream carves a narrow, persistent path through the earth, feeding the verdant depression of Hungerford Bottom. This geography of marsh and stream ensures that the ground remains perpetually soft, echoing the persistent, damp pulse of the Hampshire coast.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bursledon, Hampshire, 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. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bursledon includes coordinates 50.881373, -1.310681, in the county of Hampshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Bursledon is available on the Bursledon map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Hampshire 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.