Round Hill rises as a steep, Victorian-era cluster of brick terraces climbing the chalky incline that overlooks the lower sprawl of Brighton. It lies 0.9 miles north-north-east of Brighton and Hove (from Brighton and Hove: bearing 27°T, OS grid TQ 315 056). Streets here are narrow, often dead-ending against the railway line or rising sharply to catch the salt-heavy wind that blows inland from the English Channel. The architecture retains a cohesive, rhythmic quality, with bay windows and wrought-iron railings catching the late afternoon light as it slants across the rooftops. Residents often walk toward the nearby Duke of York’s Cinema, its iconic red-and-white facade serving as a gateway to the wider city below. A short distance further, the expansive greenery of Preston Park offers a sprawling counterpoint to the dense, vertical orientation of the local lanes. Round Hill possesses a quiet, singular character defined by its dramatic topography and the persistent hum of the nearby rail artery. The light here seems to sharpen the edges of the slate roofs, creating a distinct visual clarity that marks the transition from the coast to the rising South Downs.
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Live animated radar for Round Hill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Round 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 Round Hill includes coordinates 50.835717, -0.133685, 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 Round Hill is available on the Round 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.