Barsham, Suffolk Weather
About Barsham, Suffolk
Barsham draws its character from the heavy, damp lowlands that flank the River Waveney, where the horizon feels pressed against the earth by a vast, shifting sky. It lies 1.8 miles west-south-west of Beccles (from Beccles: bearing 253°T, OS grid TM 394 894), and is situated east-south-east of Shipmeadow village. Sunlight here has a way of lingering against the flint walls of the local architecture, bleaching the stone to a pale, bone-like grey during the long afternoons. To the northeast, the Barsham Marshes expand into a wide, reedy expanse that swallows the sound of the wind, creating a stillness that feels ancient and undisturbed. The earth holds the weight of history in the Moated Site Of Barsham Hall, where the foundations of lost buildings remain as silent, sunken memories beneath the grass. Cattle graze with a slow, deliberate rhythm near the water’s edge, indifferent to the slow churn of the seasons. A single, singular Barsham Village Sign stands as a sentinel near the road, marking the transition between the cultivated fields and the wilder, marshy margins of the valley. Barsham remains a place where the water table dictates the pace of life, demanding a quiet resilience from those who work the heavy soil.
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Live animated radar for Barsham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Barsham, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barsham, 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 other settlement. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Barsham includes coordinates 52.450743, 1.522358, 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 Barsham is available on the Barsham 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.