West Lexham, Norfolk Weather
About West Lexham, Norfolk
West Lexham emerges from the flat, open expanses of the Breckland landscape as a quiet collection of flint and brick. It lies 5.3 miles north-north-east of Swaffham (from Swaffham: bearing 18°T, OS grid TF 843 171), and is situated north-east of Castle Acre village. The West Lexham Village Sign marks the centre, standing sentinel over a road that carries the weight of centuries through the light, sandy soil of Norfolk. To the north-east, the rise of Burrow Hill breaks the horizon, offering a vantage point over the fields that have been ploughed since the medieval era. The light here is thin and pale, catching the surfaces of local stone in a way that makes the architecture feel brittle and honest. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the expansive grounds of Lexham Hall stretch out, defined by a deliberate, manicured order that contrasts with the wilder, scrubby edges of the surrounding tracks. West Lexham exists in this quiet tension between the managed parkland and the ancient, unyielding earth of the Breckland plain.
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Live animated radar for West Lexham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Lexham, Norfolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Lexham, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for West Lexham includes coordinates 52.720983, 0.728382, 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 West Lexham is available on the West Lexham 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.