Swafield, Norfolk Weather
About Swafield, Norfolk
Swafield reveals its character through a quiet collection of flint-walled cottages and wide, open horizons that seem to hold the Norfolk light in a permanent, pale embrace. It lies 1.3 miles north of North Walsham (from North Walsham: bearing 11°T, OS grid TG 286 323), and is situated east-south-east of Bradfield village. A visitor passing the Swafield Village Sign shortly after entering the parish might notice how the painted wood captures the local preference for modesty over grandiosity. To the north-west, the waters of Bradfield Beck trace a thin, silver line through the low-lying fields, offering a sanctuary for the local reed warblers. The landscape here avoids dramatic peaks, preferring instead the subtle, rolling topography that defines this corner of the county. Swafield maintains a steadfast agricultural rhythm, where the seasonal turning of the soil dictates the pace of the day far more effectively than any clock. St Nicholas Church remains the most prominent landmark, its tower rising above the hedgerows like a solid, grey finger pointing toward the vast, unpredictable sky. Every path leading away from the centre feels like a deliberate step back into a landscape defined by endurance rather than spectacle.
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Live animated radar for Swafield and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swafield, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swafield, 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 Swafield includes coordinates 52.840048, 1.39404, 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 Swafield is available on the Swafield 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.