South Chailey, East Sussex Weather
About South Chailey, East Sussex
South Chailey commands a quiet prominence over the low-lying terrain of the Sussex Weald. It lies 4.8 miles north-north-west of Lewes (from Lewes: bearing 342°T, OS grid TQ 390 174), and is situated south-south-west of South Street village. The landscape surrounding South Chailey holds the slow, deliberate pulse of the countryside, where the Bevern Stream carves a modest path through the damp earth to the south-south-east. To the south-east, the rise of Limekiln Hill breaks the horizon, offering a vantage point that catches the pale, slanted light of an English afternoon. Ancient tracks and field boundaries trace the rhythm of centuries of pastoral labour, long before the modern reach of the A275 became the arterial road that now defines its transit. The air here remains thin and bright, carrying little of the industrial clamour that haunts more crowded latitudes. Beyond the immediate meadows, the presence of Lodge Pond adds a sliver of silver to the eastern view, reflecting the shifting moods of the sky with a mirror-like clarity. Every hedgerow and turn in the lane reveals the persistent character of a place that values the steady endurance of the soil over the fleeting fashions of the world.
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About This South Chailey, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for South Chailey, 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 South Chailey includes coordinates 50.939567, -0.022989, 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 South Chailey is available on the South Chailey 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.