Hankham, East Sussex Weather
About Hankham, East Sussex
Hankham reveals itself as a quiet assembly of dwellings amidst the low-lying levels of the Wealden district. It lies 2.4 miles east of Polegate (from Polegate: bearing 81°T, OS grid TQ 619 055), and is situated north-north-east of Stone Cross village. The landscape here breathes with a damp, saline intimacy, shaped by the slow, meandering currents of the nearby Pevensey Haven as it filters toward the coast. Light catches the flat expanse of the surrounding fields, turning the horizon into a pale, shifting watercolour that changes with the turn of the tide. To the east, the silhouette of Mill Hill rises as a singular, grassy swell, breaking the monotony of the reclaimed marshland. Hankham maintains an understated grace, its lanes bordered by hedgerows that seem to hold the salt air long after the winds have died down. History lingers in the proximity of the great stone fortifications at Pevensey, yet Hankham remains defined by the humbler, persistent rhythm of agricultural life. The soil here feels heavy and ancient, a dark loam that has supported generations of labourers who understood the moods of the nearby watercourses.
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About This Hankham, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hankham, 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 Hankham includes coordinates 50.827025, 0.297433, 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 Hankham is available on the Hankham 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.