Aldeburgh, Suffolk Weather
About Aldeburgh, Suffolk
Salt-sprayed shingle banks and the restless North Sea define the eastern edge of Aldeburgh. It lies 4.0 miles south-south-east of Leiston (from Leiston: bearing 165°T, OS grid TM 464 565), and is situated south-south-west of Thorpeness village. Once a thriving Tudor port, the harbour has long since succumbed to the encroaching tides, leaving behind a shoreline where the economy now pivots on tourism and the seasonal bounty of local fishermen. Beyond the main street, the expansive Aldeburgh Marshes stretch toward the horizon, their damp, reed-filled basins catching a pale, silver light that seems to hold the weight of centuries.
Benjamin Britten found his creative sanctuary here, his compositions echoing the stark, bracing beauty of the Suffolk coastline that surrounds his legacy. The Moot Hall stands as a stoic timber-framed sentinel against the waves, while the nearby Aldeburgh Cinema offers a warm, flickering refuge from the biting maritime winds. Visitors often wander toward the shimmering Maggi Hambling sculpture, The Angel of the East, which rises from the beach to confront the grey, churning expanse of the ocean. Aldeburgh maintains a sharp, artistic clarity, tethered to the sea by the rhythmic clatter of pebbles and the persistent, salt-heavy breath of the tide.
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Live animated radar for Aldeburgh and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Aldeburgh, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 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 town. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Aldeburgh includes coordinates 52.152031, 1.601345, in the county of Suffolk, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Aldeburgh is available on the Aldeburgh map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Suffolk 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.