Westham, East Sussex Weather
About Westham, East Sussex
Westham holds the quiet, low-lying posture of a place that has long watched the tide retreat from the Pevensey Levels. It lies 3.5 miles east of Polegate (from Polegate: bearing 96°T, OS grid TQ 638 044), and is situated west-south-west of Pevensey village. The sky here possesses a pale, expansive quality, pressing down upon the flat horizons where the Rattle Stream traces a sluggish, silver path toward the sea. To the east, the heavy, flint-knapped ruins of Pevensey Castle loom as a skeletal monument to centuries of shifting borders and coastal defence. These ancient walls ground Westham in a gravity of stone, contrasting sharply with the modern, sculpted metal of the Landings artwork nearby. Beneath the surface, the earth remains damp and rich, a legacy of the marshland that once served as a natural moat for the kingdom. Residents move through the lanes with a measured pace, ignoring the ghosts of Roman sentries who once scanned the same horizon for sails. Even now, the light over Westham catches the damp grass with a sudden, metallic brilliance, reminding the observer that the sea is never truly far from the threshold.
Flight conditions near Westham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Westham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Westham, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Westham, 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 Westham includes coordinates 50.816546, 0.324248, 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 Westham is available on the Westham 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.