Plumpton, East Sussex Weather
About Plumpton, East Sussex
Plumpton catches the pale, slanted light of the Sussex morning as it spills across the flat, heavy clay of the Weald. It lies 4.0 miles north-west of Lewes (from Lewes: bearing 310°T, OS grid TQ 364 141), and is situated south-west of East Chiltington village. The verdant rise of the South Downs National Park stands as a silent, chalky rampart to the south, shielding the fields from the salt-laden gales of the Channel. A short distance away, the quiet waters of the Mill Pond offer a mirror to the sky, holding the stillness of an older, slower world. Nearby, the historic grounds of Plumpton Place bloom with a faded, Grade II* elegance, their gardens softened by time and the damp breath of the valley. Ancient barrows mark the high ridges of Plumpton Plain, where the earth retains the faint, stubborn memory of those who first walked these chalk-dusted tracks. Throughout the seasons, Plumpton preserves a character defined by the rhythmic turning of the agricultural year and the steady, unyielding presence of the surrounding hills. This landscape remains a place of deep, quiet endurance, where the horizon is always measured against the ancient spine of the Downs.
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About This Plumpton, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Plumpton, 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 Plumpton includes coordinates 50.910465, -0.06108, 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 Plumpton is available on the Plumpton 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.