Wilmington, East Sussex Weather
About Wilmington, East Sussex
Wilmington rests where the chalky spine of the South Downs National Park meets the quiet, verdant folds of the Wealden landscape. It lies 2.3 miles west of Polegate (from Polegate: bearing 267°T, OS grid TQ 545 045), and is situated east-north-east of Milton Street village. The morning light here often catches the ancient, sprawling boughs of the Wilmington Yew, a tree that has stood witness to centuries of changing seasons near the flint walls of St Mary and St Peter's Church. Below the steep slopes of the Wilmington Downs SSSi, the land holds a peculiar stillness, as if the earth itself remembers the hands that carved the enigmatic Long Man of Wilmington into the hillside. This colossal figure gazes northward, his simple, stark lines defining the horizon with a gravity that defies easy explanation. Nearby, the remnants of Wilmington Priory offer a skeletal elegance, their weathered stone arches framing glimpses of a sky that feels broader and more luminous than elsewhere in the county. Life in Wilmington moves in alignment with the slow arc of the sun over the escarpment, far removed from the hurried clatter of modern industry. Such a place demands a patient eye, rewarding those who linger to watch the shadows lengthen across the open grass.
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Live animated radar for Wilmington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Wilmington, East Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wilmington, 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 Wilmington includes coordinates 50.81981, 0.192383, 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 Wilmington is available on the Wilmington 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.