Bawdsey, Suffolk Weather
About Bawdsey, Suffolk
Bawdsey commands a quiet stretch of the Suffolk coastline where the grey North Sea meets the soft, crumbling edges of the land. It lies 4.2 miles north-east of Felixstowe (from Felixstowe: bearing 42°T, OS grid TM 347 400), and is situated south of Alderton village. The light here possesses a pale, saline clarity that sharpens the silhouette of the Martello Tower By Bawdsey Beach, a stoic sentinel watching over the shifting tide. Below the bluffs, the Bawdsey Cliff SSSI reveals layers of geological time, its fossil-rich sands whispering of ancient, vanished environments. Inland, the flat expanse of Bawdsey Marshes stretches out, a low-lying sanctuary where the wind dictates the movement of the reeds. Bawdsey Manor stands as a Victorian monument to ambition, its architecture casting long, imposing shadows toward the river Deben. The air carries a persistent, rhythmic tang of salt, defining the boundary between the cultivated fields and the relentless reach of the waves.
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Live animated radar for Bawdsey and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bawdsey, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bawdsey, 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 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 Bawdsey includes coordinates 52.009162, 1.418689, 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 Bawdsey is available on the Bawdsey 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.