Coldean, East Sussex Weather
About Coldean, East Sussex
Coldean reveals itself as a quiet confluence of suburban order and the wild, sudden rise of the South Downs. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-east of Brighton and Hove (from Brighton and Hove: bearing 28°T, OS grid TQ 331 088), and is situated west of Falmer village. Chalk-white pathways climb away from the houses, tracing the ancient edges of the landscape where the air grows thin and sharp. Beyond the domestic gardens, the dense canopy of Great Wood offers a cool, green sanctuary that seems to hold the silence of centuries in its deep shade. Visitors often pause near the earthworks of the Bronze Age bowl barrow, where the long, low shadows of the afternoon emphasize the curvature of the land against the sky. Coldean exists in a peculiar tension, pressed between the rhythmic hum of the nearby university and the enduring, indifferent stillness of the hills. The light here has a particular clarity, catching the flint walls and brickwork of the houses before spilling out across the rolling, open expanses of Stanmer Park. It is a place where the modern pulse of the South East meets the stubborn, unyielding geology of the Sussex chalk.
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About This Coldean, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coldean, 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 Coldean includes coordinates 50.863744, -0.1099, 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 Coldean is available on the Coldean 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.