Arlington commands a quiet authority over the low-lying reaches of the Cuckmere valley, where the horizon broadens into the vast, chalk-rimmed bowl of the South Downs National Park. It lies 2.8 miles north-west of Polegate (from Polegate: bearing 306°T, OS grid TQ 544 074), and is situated east-north-east of Berwick village. The land here holds the damp scent of the nearby Arlington Reservoir Sssi, a sprawling expanse of water that draws migrating wildfowl to its reeds under a wide, pale sky. Just a short walk from the parish church, the earth retains the subtle, hummocked ghost of Medieval Settlement Remains Immediately West Of St Pancras's Church, where the shadows lengthen in the late afternoon to reveal the contours of forgotten hearths. Arlington remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, marked by the slow transformation of the surrounding fields rather than the clamour of modern industry. The light in this corner of East Sussex possesses a peculiar clarity, often turning the damp pastures into sheets of polished silver after a winter rain. Generations of farmers have worked this heavy clay, leaving behind a landscape that feels less like a map and more like a long, shared conversation with the soil. Every lane in Arlington carries the weight of this continuity, offering a stillness that persists even when the wind stirs the high branches of the ash trees.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Arlington, East Sussex, 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 Arlington includes coordinates 50.845693, 0.191976, in the county of East Sussex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Arlington is available on the Arlington map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the East Sussex 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.