Lower Swanwick, Hampshire Weather
About Lower Swanwick, Hampshire
Lower Swanwick draws its character from the tidal reach of the River Hamble, where the salt-heavy air clings to the brickwork of a landscape shaped by maritime and industrial ambition. It lies 2.1 miles south-south-east of Hedge End (from Hedge End: bearing 166°T, OS grid SU 498 096), and is situated east-south-east of Swanwick village. The Bursledon Brickworks stands as a sturdy monument to this heritage, its chimneys rising above the riverbanks like the remnants of a vanished kiln-fired age. Beyond the industrial remnants, the Lower Swanwick Stream trickles toward the estuary, carving a path through the low-lying earth with a quiet, persistent gravity. The light here has a peculiar, expansive quality, reflecting off the water to bleach the colours of the surrounding meadows into soft shades of ochre and grey. Further towards the coast, the Lincegrove And Hackett's Marshes SSSI preserve a wilder, shifting topography where the tide dictates the slow movement of the silt. Lower Swanwick maintains a distinct identity, balancing the utilitarian weight of its past against the encroaching stillness of the nearby marshes. Each shift in the wind carries the scent of brine and damp earth, grounding the suburban sprawl in the undeniable rhythm of the rising and falling river.
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About This Lower Swanwick, Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lower Swanwick, 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 Lower Swanwick includes coordinates 50.884392, -1.29227, 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 Lower Swanwick is available on the Lower Swanwick 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.