Earl's Down, East Sussex Weather
About Earl's Down, East Sussex
Earl's Down emerges from the Sussex Weald as a scattering of dwellings defined by the quiet persistence of the land itself. It lies 4.2 miles east-south-east of Heathfield (from Heathfield: bearing 109°T, OS grid TQ 646 195), and is situated west-north-west of Dallington village. The horizon here is dominated by the dark, wooded mass of Dallington Forest, which looms less than a mile to the north, casting long, contemplative shadows across the adjacent fields as the sun dips low. Below these slopes, the Willingford Stream carves its path through the heavy clay, providing a rhythmic, hidden pulse to the damp hollows of the landscape. The light in Earl's Down possesses a particular clarity, often catching the pale stone of distant, forgotten ruins to the south where the earth holds the memory of ancient monastic walls. Farmers here have long contended with the stubborn, iron-rich soil, a task that lends a certain weathered gravity to the character of the surroundings. Even the air feels distinct, carrying the scent of damp bracken and the faint, metallic tang of the Wealden earth that has supported this corner of the world for generations. Earl's Down remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, moving with the slow, deliberate turn of the surrounding hills.
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About This Earl's Down, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Earl's Down, 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 Earl's Down includes coordinates 50.951525, 0.342367, 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 Earl's Down is available on the Earl's Down 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.