Rotherfield, East Sussex Weather
About Rotherfield, East Sussex
Rotherfield commands a high ridge of sandstone that crests above the Wealden landscape like the spine of a sleeping beast. It lies 2.7 miles east-south-east of Crowborough (from Crowborough: bearing 111°T, OS grid TQ 556 297), and is situated west-south-west of Town Row village. Deep lanes carved into the iron-rich earth funnel the heavy, humid air towards the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where the sunlight catches the ancient, gnarled limbs of oaks. To the south, the slopes of Cottage Hill drop away into shadow, creating a natural amphitheatre where the evening mist gathers in cold, grey pools. Rotherfield retains a quiet gravity, its church spire serving as a fixed point for those navigating the labyrinthine tracks that lace through the neighbouring Hornshurst Wood. Visitors often pause at the Millennium Green, where the grass grows thick and damp, offering a vantage point over the undulating terrain that stretches toward the horizon. Here, the soil holds the memory of iron smelting, a dark history that informs the stark, resilient character of the local stone architecture. The rhythm of the days remains tethered to the slow turn of the seasons, undisturbed by the hurried pulse of the modern world.
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About This Rotherfield, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rotherfield, 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 Rotherfield includes coordinates 51.046318, 0.21944, 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 Rotherfield is available on the Rotherfield 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.