Acle sits as a threshold between the rising Norfolk uplands and the vast, watery expanse of the Broads. It lies 7.6 miles west of Caister-on-Sea (from Caister-on-Sea: bearing 266°T, OS grid TG 401 105), and is situated north of Damgate village. Sunlight catches the metal of the Acle Village Sign, a silent sentinel that greets travellers arriving from the coast. Beyond the main thoroughfare, the land softens into the low-lying basin of the Hermitage Marshes, where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow a thought. The slow, muscular pull of Coleman's Drain draws the eye southwards, carving a path through the heavy, fertile silt. Acle maintains a steady, industrious pulse, anchored by its long history as a point of transit for goods moving between the interior and the sea. The architecture here holds the weight of centuries, with the flint-faced church tower rising above the rooflines like a bleached bone against the grey sky. Winter brings a particular clarity to the landscape, stripping the reeds back until the earth appears as lean and honest as a winter branch.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Acle, Norfolk, 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 Acle includes coordinates 52.639437, 1.548159, in the county of Norfolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Acle is available on the Acle map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Norfolk 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.