Great Ellingham, Norfolk Weather
About Great Ellingham, Norfolk
Great Ellingham stretches across the flat, expansive plains of Breckland, where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the low-slung clouds. It lies 2.1 miles north-west of Attleborough (from Attleborough: bearing 304°T, OS grid TM 018 969), and is situated east of Rockland All Saints village. The surrounding fields, dominated by arable crops, hold a stillness that is rarely broken by anything louder than the wind moving through the hedgerows. A short distance to the north-east, the Great Ellingham Village Sign stands as a solitary sentinel, its painted surface capturing a brief, colourful history that contrasts with the muted palette of the winter stubble. Further afield, the ancient, water-logged basin of Swangey Fen draws the eye towards the southern horizon, its marshy character a reminder of the wilder, wetter landscape that once defined this part of Norfolk. The church of St James, with its sturdy tower, anchors the centre of Great Ellingham, its flintwork catching the pale, honest light of late afternoon. Beneath the vast sky, the roads here are narrow and intimate, winding between farmsteads that have long observed the quiet turning of the seasons. There is a profound sense of isolation in the way the land flattens out, offering a sanctuary of calm where the modern world feels distant and secondary to the rhythm of the soil.
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Live animated radar for Great Ellingham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Ellingham, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Ellingham, 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 Great Ellingham includes coordinates 52.532983, 0.97405, 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 Great Ellingham is available on the Great Ellingham 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.