Holmes's Hill, East Sussex Weather
About Holmes's Hill, East Sussex
Holmes's Hill emerges from the Wealden landscape as a quiet junction of road and ridge, where the horizon broadens toward the gentle swell of the South Downs. It lies 4.1 miles west-north-west of Hailsham (from Hailsham: bearing 301°T, OS grid TQ 532 128), and is situated north-west of Golden Cross village. The morning light here often clings to the damp verges, illuminating the low-lying fields that drain toward the nearby Chiddingly Stream. This watercourse threads through the heavy clay soil, carving a path through the quiet agricultural hinterland that defines the character of Holmes's Hill. To the east, the vibrant, protected grasses of Burgh Hill Farm Meadow Sssi offer a glimpse of ancient, unploughed meadowland that has escaped the reach of modern intensive farming. The air carries a stillness common to these Wealden pockets, punctuated only by the distant, rhythmic hum of seasonal machinery. Here, the geography remains stubbornly rural, resisting the sprawl of neighbouring districts in favour of hedgerows and hidden, muddy footpaths. Holmes's Hill serves as a modest waypoint, holding its own against the slow, persistent reclamation of nature.
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About This Holmes's Hill, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Holmes's Hill, 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 Holmes's Hill includes coordinates 50.894943, 0.177565, 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 Holmes's Hill is available on the Holmes's Hill 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.