Upper Bonchurch, Isle of Wight Weather
About Upper Bonchurch, Isle of Wight
Upper Bonchurch guards the rugged, verdant edge of the Isle of Wight, where the chalky spine of the island meets the restless English Channel. It lies 1.1 miles east-north-east of Ventnor (from Ventnor: bearing 63°T, OS grid SZ 579 783). High above the sea, the landscape is defined by the Ventnor Downs SSSI, a limestone expanse where the wind carries a sharp, salt-crusted clarity that seems to sharpen the very edges of the horizon. Ancient barrows on the nearby heights mark the skyline, silent sentinels watching over the shifting, unstable earth of the Bonchurch Landslips below. Here, the light catches the pale stone of the houses, illuminating a quiet, vertical world that clings to the cliffside with a determined grace. The terrain remains restless and alive, subtly reshaping itself as the land slips toward the water in a slow, geological dance. Gardens in Upper Bonchurch thrive in this sheltered microclimate, their leaves heavy and dark against the cooling grey of the flint walls. Visitors often find themselves drawn to the stillness of the heights, where the ground beneath their feet feels like a fragile, temporary arrangement of stone and soil.
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Live animated radar for Upper Bonchurch and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Bonchurch, Isle of Wight Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, 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 Upper Bonchurch includes coordinates 50.602447, -1.183122, in the county of Isle of Wight, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Upper Bonchurch is available on the Upper Bonchurch map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Isle of Wight 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.