Spithurst emerges from the low-slung meadows of East Sussex as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the patient pace of the surrounding agricultural land. It lies 3.6 miles south-west of Uckfield (from Uckfield: bearing 234°T, OS grid TQ 426 173), and is situated north-north-east of Mount Pleasant village. Beyond the cluster of homes, the landscape softens into a patchwork of damp pasture where the light catches the silvered surface of the Longford Stream as it wanders purposefully through the reeds. A short distance away, the quiet waters of Lodge Pond mirror the shifting clouds, offering a stillness that seems to hold the very breath of the valley. Spithurst remains anchored to this terrain, far removed from the clamour of busier thoroughfares and modern industry. The air here carries the faint, sharp scent of turned earth, a reminder of the generations who have worked these fields under a vast, open sky. Even the shadows cast by the mature trees seem to linger longer here, stretching across the lanes as if reluctant to leave the quietude of the day. This corner of the Lewes district remains a place of subtle textures, where the horizon is measured not by towers or chimneys, but by the slow, seasonal turning of the woods.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Spithurst, 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 Spithurst includes coordinates 50.938326, 0.028399, 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 Spithurst is available on the Spithurst 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.