Hollingbury, East Sussex Weather
About Hollingbury, East Sussex
Hollingbury commands a high, exposed ridge where the chalky spine of the South Downs meets the encroaching suburban sprawl of the Sussex coast. It lies 2.5 miles north-north-east of Brighton and Hove (from Brighton and Hove: bearing 12°T, OS grid TQ 315 082), and is situated west of Falmer village. Ancient earthworks ripple across the high ground, where the ramparts of Hollingbury Castle stand as a silent, grassy crown against the restless sweep of the English Channel’s horizon. The quality of light here possesses a singular, sharp clarity, often catching the pale, bruised edges of clouds as they drift inland from the sea. Below these iron-age heights, the domestic architecture of Hollingbury spreads in orderly rows, occupying the slopes that descend toward the bustle of the city. To the north, the terrain dips into the quiet seclusion of Eastwick Bottom, a valley that preserves a sense of solitude despite the proximity of modern transit routes. This landscape retains a stark, elemental character, defined by the wind that combs through the hawthorn and the thin, resilient turf. Residents of Hollingbury live amidst this tension between prehistoric silence and the vibrant, metallic hum of the nearby coastal conurbation.
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About This Hollingbury, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hollingbury, 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 Hollingbury includes coordinates 50.85914, -0.131727, 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 Hollingbury is available on the Hollingbury 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.