Foundry Corner marks a modest intersection of Norfolk lanes where the wide, flat Breckland sky seems to press down with a peculiar, pale clarity upon the fields. It lies 1.0 miles south-east of Attleborough (from Attleborough: bearing 140°T, OS grid TM 057 940). The landscape here is defined by a quiet, industrious lineage, where the horizon is broken only by the thin, skeletal silhouettes of hedgerows and the occasional rise of distant earthworks. A short distance to the east, the historic banks of Bunn’s Bank stretch across the terrain, holding the silent weight of ancient boundary lines that have long outlived their makers. Beneath the expansive vault of the clouds, Foundry Corner maintains a rhythm dictated by the turning of the seasons rather than the haste of modern life. The light often catches the metallic sheen of the surrounding arable land, turning the dark soil into a mirror for the shifting East Anglian weather. Further south, the expansive surface of Old Buckenham Mere gathers the stillness of the afternoon, reflecting the slow passage of raptors circling overhead. This patch of Norfolk earth possesses a singular, unadorned grace that anchors the traveller to the steady pulse of the countryside.
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Live animated radar for Foundry Corner and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Foundry Corner, 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 Foundry Corner includes coordinates 52.505441, 1.029887, 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 Foundry Corner is available on the Foundry Corner 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.