Mark Cross, East Sussex Weather
About Mark Cross, East Sussex
Mark Cross remains a quiet assembly of dwellings tucked into the verdant folds of the Wealden landscape. It lies 5.2 miles east of Lewes (from Lewes: bearing 86°T, OS grid TQ 499 108), and is situated north-west of Ripe village. Heavy clay soils define the earth here, lending a deep, stubborn richness to the pastures that stretch toward the horizon. A short walk to the north-west brings one to the still waters of Muslins Pit, where the light catches the surface in shards of fractured silver during the late afternoon. The proximity of the medieval moated site at Laughton Place casts a long, historical shadow over the local fields, grounding the modern day in the remnants of a Tudor past. Mark Cross occupies a landscape where the air feels thin and sharp, carrying the scent of damp loam and the distant, rhythmic turning of agricultural cycles. Hedgerows of hawthorn and blackthorn trace the boundaries of these ancient fields, acting as quiet sentinels for the birds that traverse the open sky above. The horizon here is wide and unassuming, offering a stillness that invites the mind to wander across the undulating Sussex terrain.
Flight conditions near Mark Cross. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Mark Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Mark Cross, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mark Cross, 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 Mark Cross includes coordinates 50.877796, 0.130565, 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 Mark Cross is available on the Mark Cross 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.