Black Rock, East Sussex Weather
About Black Rock, East Sussex
Black Rock emerges from the chalky expanse of the Sussex coast where the persistent salt air scours the pale cliffs into jagged, dramatic profiles. It lies 1.7 miles east-south-east of Brighton and Hove (from Brighton and Hove: bearing 111°T, OS grid TQ 333 034). The horizon here is dominated by the relentless rhythm of the tide, which pulls at the shoreline with a cold, metallic precision. Nearby, the Kemp Town Enclosures offer a verdant, sheltered contrast to the exposed maritime grit that defines the immediate surroundings. These private gardens provide a quiet refuge of greenery, a sharp departure from the stark, weathered stone that characterizes the geological spine of Black Rock. Looking westward, the silhouettes of the Black Rock Beachcombers sculpture stand as silent sentinels against the vast, shifting grey of the English Channel. The light in this corner of the coast possesses a crystalline quality, sharpening the edges of the sea-wall and casting long, melancholic shadows as the sun retreats behind the downs. Every gust of wind carries the tang of brine, grounding the geography in a sensory experience of perpetual movement and erosion.
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About This Black Rock, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Black Rock, 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 Black Rock includes coordinates 50.815067, -0.107948, 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 Black Rock is available on the Black Rock 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.