Earlham unfolds across the gentle Norfolk landscape as a place defined by its quiet transition between the bustling academic life of the university and the pastoral stillness of the countryside. It lies 2.3 miles west of Norwich (from Norwich: bearing 268°T, OS grid TG 192 082), and is situated east-north-east of Colney village. The River Yare meanders through the western fringes of the landscape, its slow, silver ribbon catching the low-slanting afternoon light that seems to linger longer here than elsewhere. Earlham Park stretches out beside these waters, offering an expansive reach of grass where the air tastes of damp earth and coming winter. Henry Moore’s Reclining figure stands as a silent sentinel in the greenery, its smooth, abstracted form echoing the soft, rolling contours of the ground nearby. History clings to the site through the presence of the historic Earlham Hall, once home to the Gurney family and now a landmark that anchors the district in a long, layered past. The local atmosphere remains hushed and thoughtful, shaped by the proximity of the University of East Anglia’s distinct, brutalist architecture which pushes against the softer, traditional woods and meadows. Residents find a particular serenity in the way the horizon broadens towards the west, where the sky often turns a bruised, magnificent violet at dusk.
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Live animated radar for Earlham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Earlham, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Earlham includes coordinates 52.627824, 1.238617, 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 Earlham is available on the Earlham 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.