Bell's Cross, Suffolk Weather
About Bell's Cross, Suffolk
Bell's Cross occupies a quiet intersection of lanes where the Suffolk horizon widens to accommodate the slow, heavy movement of the sky. It lies 4.4 miles east-south-east of Needham Market (from Needham Market: bearing 116°T, OS grid TM 153 523), and is situated north-north-west of Henley village. The light here possesses a singular clarity, bleaching the flint walls of nearby cottages until they mirror the pale, chalky soils of the surrounding fields. A short distance to the south-south-east, the curious silhouette of the Tractor in a Tree sculpture marks the landscape, a rusted relic held aloft by the slow, relentless expansion of timber. Bell's Cross sits amidst a patchwork of arable land, where the earth is drained by hidden veins that feed into the broader, deeper silences of the countryside. Beyond the immediate verges, the terrain rises toward the gentle elevation of Buzzard's Hill, offering a vantage point from which the interconnected geography of the Mid Suffolk district becomes visible. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of turned clay and the distant, rhythmic hum of agricultural machinery, anchoring the hamlet firmly to its working heritage. This is a place defined by the intersection of ancient paths, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the sudden, sharp cry of a bird circling the open fields.
Flight conditions near Bell's Cross. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Bell's Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bell's Cross, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bell's Cross, 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 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 Bell's Cross includes coordinates 52.127772, 1.144585, 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 Bell's Cross is available on the Bell's Cross 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.