Hadlow Down, East Sussex Weather
About Hadlow Down, East Sussex
Hadlow Down reveals itself as a collection of quiet lanes and scattered dwellings upon the high, broken ridges of the Weald. It lies 3.5 miles west-north-west of Heathfield (from Heathfield: bearing 299°T, OS grid TQ 531 240), and is situated west-south-west of Five Ashes village. Ancient pathways radiate from the centre, leading travellers toward the dense, verdant canopy of Wilderness Wood where the sunlight filters through oak and chestnut in pale, shifting shafts. The terrain here rises and falls with a restless energy, shaped by heavy clay soils that have long resisted the encroachment of intensive modern industry. Nearby, the damp, sequestered expanse of King's Marsh provides a sanctuary for wildlife, maintaining a stillness that seems to hold the very breath of the surrounding countryside. Hadlow Down maintains a character defined by this proximity to the wild, where the damp mists of the valley floor often cling to the hedgerows long after the morning has turned bright. History lingers in the hollows, marked by the remnants of iron-working sites that once relied upon the timber of the deep woods to fuel their subterranean fires. Such remnants of a past shaped by fire and earth grant Hadlow Down a gravity that contrasts sharply with the fleeting nature of the seasons.
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About This Hadlow Down, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hadlow 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 Hadlow Down includes coordinates 50.995703, 0.180697, 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 Hadlow Down is available on the Hadlow 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.