Buxted, East Sussex Weather
About Buxted, East Sussex
Buxted holds a quiet authority over the rolling Wealden landscape, where the shifting light of the afternoon often catches the pale stone of its older walls. It lies 2.2 miles north-east of Uckfield (from Uckfield: bearing 50°T, OS grid TQ 498 233), and is situated east-south-east of Five Ash Down village. The River Uck traces a modest, winding path through the lower pastures to the south-west, providing a constant, low-frequency hum of water that anchors the surrounding fields. Ancient echoes of industry linger near the Iron Plat Furnace, where the cooling earth still seems to remember the heat of medieval smelting. Beyond the residential lanes, the expansive Buxted Park SSSI offers a sanctuary of sprawling grassland and timber, its broad horizon broken only by the silhouettes of venerable oaks. The local architecture remains tethered to the terrain, built from the very sandstone and clay that define the character of this corner of Sussex. Even as the seasons turn, the air retains a clarity that brings the distant ridges into sharp, contemplative focus. Buxted maintains a composure that defies the haste of the modern world, preferring the slow, deliberate pace of the rural tide.
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About This Buxted, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Buxted, 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 Buxted includes coordinates 50.989984, 0.134387, 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 Buxted is available on the Buxted 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.