Hammerwood, East Sussex Weather
About Hammerwood, East Sussex
Hammerwood reveals its character through the quiet, ancient rhythms of the Wealden landscape, where the earth holds the memory of iron-working in its dark, loamy soil. It lies 2.5 miles east-north-east of East Grinstead (from East Grinstead: bearing 65°T, OS grid TQ 431 397), and is situated west-north-west of Holtye village. Sunlight catches the currents of the Kent Water, which flows with a persistent, silver clarity only a short distance to the west. The terrain here rises in subtle, firm folds, offering a vantage point over the dense woodland that has defined the character of Hammerwood for centuries. To the north, the prominence of Dry Hill punctuates the horizon, a silent sentinel watching over the low-lying streams and the remnants of industrial activity that once flickered in these woods. Further southeast, the vast grounds of Hammerwood Park stretch across eighty-two hectares, their classical architecture standing in deliberate, elegant contrast to the surrounding wilder thickets. These woodlands conceal the traces of bygone furnaces, where the heat of the forge once transformed the local ore into the tools of an expanding nation. The air remains heavy with the stillness of the countryside, broken only by the movement of water and the occasional shift of light across the fields.
Flight conditions near Hammerwood. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hammerwood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hammerwood, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hammerwood, 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 Hammerwood includes coordinates 51.139471, 0.04445, 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 Hammerwood is available on the Hammerwood 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.