Blackheath, Suffolk Weather
About Blackheath, Suffolk
Blackheath emerges as a quiet threshold where the Suffolk landscape shifts from the low-lying river corridors toward the higher, sandy ridges of the coastal plateau. It lies 2.9 miles south-east of Halesworth (from Halesworth: bearing 128°T, OS grid TM 424 747), and is situated south of Wenhaston village. The morning light here often catches the fine, pale dust of the local lanes, illuminating a terrain that feels harvested and sparse. A short walk north brings one past the Wenhaston Village Sign, a piece of public art that marks the transition from the cultivated fields into the wilder, scrubby margins that define the geography of Blackheath. To the south-east, the open-air stage of Thorington Theatre sits carved into the woodland, offering a sudden, dramatic contrast to the stillness of the surrounding heathland. The earth here is porous and quick to drain, supporting a scrub of gorse and silver birch that seems to shiver even when the air is perfectly still. Blackheath maintains an austere character, indifferent to the encroaching bustle of the modern world, as it watches the seasons turn over the flat, wide horizons of East Suffolk. The silence of the heath is rarely broken, save for the occasional call of a bird navigating the currents that sweep in from the nearby North Sea.
Flight conditions near Blackheath. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Blackheath and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Blackheath, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackheath, 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 Blackheath includes coordinates 52.317679, 1.556567, 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 Blackheath is available on the Blackheath 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.