Apse Heath emerges from the quiet intersection of rural lanes where the low, grey sky of the Isle of Wight often brushes against the tops of the hedgerows. It lies 1.7 miles north-west of Shanklin (from Shanklin: bearing 323°T, OS grid SZ 564 833), and is situated south of Winford village. The gentle, reflective surface of Gear Gap Pond sits just south-south-west, offering a mirror to the shifting clouds that drift over the fields. Beyond the immediate road verges, the landscape softens into the verdant sprawl of America Wood Sssi, where twenty-two hectares of ancient timber hold the stillness of the seasons. Sunlight here possesses a peculiar, pale clarity, illuminating the damp earth and the steady, unpretentious industry of the local holdings. Apse Heath remains a place of transit and quietude, caught between the rhythmic pulse of the nearby coast and the deeper, inland breath of the island’s interior. The air carries a faint, sharp scent of damp soil and leaf mould, a reminder of the proximity of the wilder, wooded tracts that define this corner of the landscape.
Flight conditions near Apse Heath. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Apse Heath and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Apse Heath, Isle of Wight, 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 Apse Heath includes coordinates 50.647171, -1.202814, in the county of Isle of Wight, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Apse Heath is available on the Apse Heath map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Isle of Wight 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.