Five Ashes, East Sussex Weather
About Five Ashes, East Sussex
Five Ashes maintains a quiet vigil over the undulating crests of the Weald, where the heavy clay earth holds the lingering dampness of ancient woodland. It lies 2.5 miles north-north-west of Heathfield (from Heathfield: bearing 327°T, OS grid TQ 558 248), and is situated south of Skippers Hill village. The sunlight here often catches the pale bark of birch trees, casting long, lean shadows across the road that winds through the heart of the landscape. A short distance away, the quiet waters of King's Marsh gather in the low-lying hollows, pulling the mist close to the ground during the stillness of dawn. To the east, the steady pulse of Hornslodge Gill feeds the surrounding fields, carving a narrow path through the dense, tangled thickets that have defined this geography for centuries. Five Ashes sits at a point where the horizon feels expansive, yet the immediate surroundings remain intimate, enclosed by the deep, dark greens of the local canopy. These ridges and vales are not merely scenery but a working terrain that has supported generations through the patient labour of the soil. The air here holds a distinct, sharp clarity, especially when the wind shifts to carry the scent of damp moss and turning leaves from the nearby woods.
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About This Five Ashes, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Five Ashes, 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 Five Ashes includes coordinates 51.001975, 0.219646, 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 Five Ashes is available on the Five Ashes 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.