Gilbury Hard, Hampshire Weather
About Gilbury Hard, Hampshire
Gilbury Hard greets the Solent with a modest, salt-weathered frontage that whispers of tidal rhythms and long-forgotten maritime commerce. It lies 5.5 miles west-north-west of Cowes (from Cowes: bearing 300°T, OS grid SU 418 004), and is situated west-north-west of Exbury village. This shoreline position places Gilbury Hard deep within the protected expanse of the New Forest National Park, where the horizon is defined by the soft, grey blur of the Isle of Wight. The mudflats and salt marshes surrounding the site form part of the North Solent SSSI, providing a refuge for overwintering birds that stir the quiet air with sudden, rhythmic flights. A short walk inland leads to the verdant, carefully curated displays of Exbury Gardens, where the ornamental blooms stand in striking contrast to the rugged, untamed character of the neighbouring coastline. The light here has a peculiar, silver quality, reflecting off the Beaulieu River estuary to illuminate the gnarled timber of the banks. Gilbury Hard remains an evocative fragment of the Hampshire coast, where the boundary between the ancient forest and the restless sea is rendered in shades of bracken, silt, and grey water.
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About This Gilbury Hard, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gilbury Hard, 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 Gilbury Hard includes coordinates 50.80196, -1.407396, 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 Gilbury Hard is available on the Gilbury Hard 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.