Bures, Suffolk Weather
About Bures, Suffolk
Bures marks the quiet threshold where the River Stour defines the border between Suffolk and Essex. It lies 5.0 miles south-south-east of Sudbury (from Sudbury: bearing 158°T, OS grid TL 907 340), and is situated north of Mount Bures village. Sunlight catches the copper scales of the Bures Dragon, a striking piece of public art that recalls local legends of a serpent terrorising the valley. The landscape carries the weight of centuries, particularly where the earth rises to form the ancient Castle Mound near the church, a silent witness to a more turbulent past. Beyond the houses, the terrain softens into the open fields where the Circular Cropmark at Ferriers Farm leaves faint, geometric ghosts upon the soil. Bures maintains a steady, rural pulse, its identity tethered to the water meadows and the slow, inexorable turning of the agricultural year. Winter evenings here bring a particular clarity, where the sharp air clarifies the silhouette of the timber-framed buildings against the fading light. Every shadow cast across the lanes seems to hold the quiet dignity of a place that has long outlived its own origins.
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About This Bures, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bures, 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 Bures includes coordinates 51.972283, 0.77495, 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 Bures is available on the Bures 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.