Gun Hill emerges from the Wealden landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 3.3 miles north-north-west of Hailsham (from Hailsham: bearing 333°T, OS grid TQ 564 143), and is situated east-north-east of Muddles Green village. The ground here holds the damp memory of winter long after the sun has climbed high, feeding the persistent, sluggish vitality of the Bull River that winds its way through the nearby fields. To the north-northeast, the modest rise of Pick Hill breaks the horizon, offering a vantage point where the light catches the silvered bark of ash trees and the deep greens of the pasture. Gun Hill occupies a space where the rhythm of life is dictated by the turning of hedgerows and the shifting shadows cast by the afternoon sun. The soil, heavy and rich with clay, clings to the roots of ancient oaks that have watched the local topography remain largely unchanged for generations. Explorers moving west toward the Chiddingly Stream will find the land softening into a series of hollows and banks, each corner revealing the unadorned, utilitarian beauty of the Sussex countryside. In this corner of the Weald, the air carries a distinct sharpness, marking the transition between the high ridges and the low-lying watercourses that define the character of Gun Hill.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gun Hill, 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 Gun Hill includes coordinates 50.907168, 0.223227, 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 Gun Hill is available on the Gun Hill 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.