St John's marks the high, bracing ridges of the Wealden district where the air holds a sharp, clean clarity. It lies 0.8 miles west-north-west of Crowborough (from Crowborough: bearing 289°T, OS grid TQ 504 316), and is situated south-south-east of Marden's Hill village. Beneath the expansive, shifting skies of East Sussex, the land falls away into deep, verdant folds that conceal the remnants of an older, industrial fire. Only half a mile away, the site of the Crowborough Warren Furnace serves as a quiet witness to the iron-working prowess that once stoked the local hearths and hammered the silence of the woods. Nearby, the rising slope of Bunker’s Hill offers a vantage point where the late afternoon sun catches the gorse, turning the incline into a burnished, golden flank. St John's retains a modest, functional composure, far removed from the bustle of the coast or the heavy weight of cathedral stone. The ground here is ancient and clay-heavy, a firm foundation for the quiet domesticity that defines the character of the houses today. Every turning path carries the scent of damp earth and pine, suggesting a landscape that prefers its own company over the clamour of the modern world.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St John's, 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 St John's includes coordinates 51.064214, 0.145336, 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 St John's is available on the St John's 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.