Bilton, Northumberland Weather
About Bilton, Northumberland
Bilton emerges from the Northumberland landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady presence of the North Sea breeze. It lies 2.9 miles east-south-east of Alnwick (from Alnwick: bearing 120°T, OS grid NU 227 108), and is situated west-south-west of Hipsburn village. The land here slopes with a subtle, persistent grace towards the coast, placing Bilton firmly within the Alnmouth Saltmarsh and Dunes SSSI. High above the low-lying terrain, the slopes of Wildhope Hill catch the fleeting golden light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the fields. The iron rhythm of the East Coast Main Line once dominated the local industry, as the railway transformed the hamlet into a vital junction for the surrounding agricultural plains. Today, the quiet lanes retain a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic, salt-heavy gusts blowing in from the nearby shoreline. Travellers passing through might notice how the horizon seems to widen, pulling the eye toward the distant, shimmering edge of the North Sea. Bilton remains a place where the earth and the sky meet in a muted, unadorned dialogue of wind and grass.
Flight conditions near Bilton. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Bilton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bilton, Northumberland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bilton, Northumberland, 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 Bilton includes coordinates 55.390755, -1.64286, in the county of Northumberland, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Bilton is available on the Bilton map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Northumberland 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.