Sutton St James emerges from the flat, heavy silt of the Lincolnshire Fens as a quiet congregation of brick and sky. It lies 3.6 miles south-west of Long Sutton (from Long Sutton: bearing 218°T, OS grid TF 397 183), and is situated west-north-west of Tydd St Giles village. The horizon here is vast and demanding, pressing down upon the fields with a grey, oceanic light that makes the clouds feel like heavy, shifting architecture. A short distance away, the ancient stone of St Ives Cross remains a silent sentinel, marking the intersection of past and present with a stark, weathering presence. Sutton St James retains a landscape defined by the rhythmic geometry of drainage ditches and fertile, black earth that yields to the slow passage of the seasons. Farther toward the southeast, the Boundary Cross at Manor Hill Corner stands as a weathered anchor against the encroaching stillness of the fenland expanse. Life in Sutton St James moves with the deliberate pace of agricultural cycles, where the wind carries the scent of turned soil and the distant, metallic hum of machinery. The architecture of the parish church serves as the focal point, grounding the village against the immense, unblinking dome of the sky.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sutton St James, Lincolnshire, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sutton St James includes coordinates 52.744909, 0.068474, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Sutton St James is available on the Sutton St James map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Lincolnshire 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.