Chalky ridges and expansive, open skies define the horizon surrounding West Wratting, where the land stretches out in a quiet, pale geometry. It lies 5.9 miles north-west of Haverhill (from Haverhill: bearing 317°T, OS grid TL 604 522), and is situated south-west of Weston Colville village. Ancient earthworks ripple beneath the grass nearby, where the Moat House Moated Site marks a slow, silent history that has long since surrendered to the encroaching weeds. The light here has a sharp, northern clarity, catching the flint walls of old cottages and turning the stone to a brittle, silvered bone. High above the fields, the elevated reach of Chilly Hill offers a vantage point from which the entire parish seems to hold its breath under the weight of the clouds. West Wratting maintains a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pulse of the modern world, anchored instead by the heavy, dark presence of Balsham Wood Sssi on the southern edge. Here, the air carries the scent of damp earth and crushed leaves, a fragrance that clings to the lanes long after the sun has retreated. Every winter, the fields turn to a muted palette of grey and ochre, revealing the stark, skeletal beauty of the landscape beneath the frost.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Wratting, Cambridgeshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for West Wratting includes coordinates 52.145263, 0.34394, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of West Wratting is available on the West Wratting map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Cambridgeshire 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.