Swannington, Norfolk Weather
About Swannington, Norfolk
Swannington reveals itself through a landscape of quiet, reclaimed industry where the scars of former mining have softened into verdant, undulating heathland. It lies 3.1 miles south-east of Reepham (from Reepham: bearing 139°T, OS grid TG 133 192), and is situated south of Brandiston village. The light here has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the silvered bark of birch trees that colonise the sandy soil of Swannington Common. Beneath the surface, the ghosts of old coal pits remain, though they are now obscured by the encroaching bracken and the persistent, slow work of roots. A short distance away, the Alderford Common SSSI offers a fragile sanctuary for rare flora, its eighteen hectares marked by a stillness that seems to suspend time entirely. Swannington maintains a modest, unassuming air, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares. The local horizon is defined by the subtle shift of seasons across these commons, where the wind possesses a sharp, clean clarity born of open space. Such places do not ask for attention; they simply endure, holding their history in the quiet geometry of the land.
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Live animated radar for Swannington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swannington, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swannington, 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 Swannington includes coordinates 52.728858, 1.158584, 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 Swannington is available on the Swannington 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.