Piltdown emerges from the low-lying Wealden landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the shifting light across its open commons. It lies 2.0 miles west-north-west of Uckfield (from Uckfield: bearing 294°T, OS grid TQ 442 222), and is situated south-east of Fletching village. The water of Piltdown Pond catches the grey sky, mirroring the stillness of the surrounding woodland that encroaches upon the road. Beyond the houses, the earth bears the scars of former industry, most notably at the Piltdown Gravel Pit, where the ground holds a lingering sense of historical scrutiny. The air here carries the damp scent of the nearby Batt's Bridge Stream, which cuts through the fields with a persistent, rhythmic clarity. Residents walk paths that have been worn into the soil by generations, moving between the heavy silence of the trees and the sudden brightness of the open green. Piltdown remains a place where the horizon feels close and the wind moves with an uninterrupted, restless intent.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Piltdown, 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 Piltdown includes coordinates 50.981525, 0.053931, 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 Piltdown is available on the Piltdown 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.