Hamsey, East Sussex Weather
About Hamsey, East Sussex
Hamsey remains a quiet sanctuary where the Ouse meanders through a landscape defined by enduring stillness. It lies 1.8 miles north of Lewes (from Lewes: bearing 349°T, OS grid TQ 409 128), and is situated north-east of Offham village. The ancient stone of St Peter’s Church stands as a solitary sentinel, watching over the floodplains where the light frequently catches the silvered reeds of the Pellbrook Cut. This peaceful expanse falls entirely within the South Downs National Park, preserving a horizon that has changed little since the monks first tilled the heavy clay soil. To the south-west, the Offham Marshes SSSI stretch across thirty-nine hectares, creating a vast, damp basin that breathes with the turning of the seasons. The air here holds a particular clarity, sharpened by the proximity of the chalk hills that rise sharply from the valley floor. Hamsey possesses a stark, unadorned beauty, grounded in the rhythmic pulse of the river and the vast, shifting skies of the Sussex Weald.
Flight conditions near Hamsey. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hamsey and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hamsey, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hamsey, 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 Hamsey includes coordinates 50.8982, 0.002677, 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 Hamsey is available on the Hamsey 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.