Castle Acre, Norfolk Weather
About Castle Acre, Norfolk
Castle Acre commands the rolling Norfolk landscape with a singular, quiet authority that speaks of centuries of shifting power. It lies 3.9 miles north of Swaffham (from Swaffham: bearing 0°T, OS grid TF 817 152), and is situated east of West Acre village. Stone foundations of the Norman era anchor the earth here, where the stark, flint-walled ruins of Castle Acre Castle stand as a silent sentinel over the Nar valley. A pale, ethereal light often catches the high, crumbling arches of Castle Acre Priory, casting long shadows across the eleven hectares of hallowed, grassed ground. Residents and visitors alike traverse the open expanse of St James's Green, a space where the grass grows thick and resilient against the passing of seasons. The air here carries the faint, crisp scent of chalk-stream water, drifting up from the low-lying fields that define the horizon. Castle Acre remains a place where the weight of ancient stone is balanced by the simple, enduring movement of the wind through the high hedgerows.
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About This Castle Acre, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Castle Acre, 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 Castle Acre includes coordinates 52.704813, 0.689134, 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 Castle Acre is available on the Castle Acre 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.