Cratfield, Suffolk Weather
About Cratfield, Suffolk
Cratfield gathers its quiet architectural weight around the sturdy flint walls of the Church of St Mary, a building that anchors the horizon with its medieval silhouette. It lies 4.8 miles west-south-west of Halesworth (from Halesworth: bearing 256°T, OS grid TM 311 752), and is situated north-north-east of Laxfield village. The landscape here is defined by a slow, heavy clay soil that has long dictated the patterns of local husbandry and the deliberate pace of agricultural life. A short walk from the centre, the Cratfield Village Sign stands as a modest sentinel, marking the intersection of lanes that have served these fields for centuries. Further to the east, the Two Moated Sites And Associated Ponds At Linstead Hall offer a glimpse into the vanished domestic fortifications of the medieval gentry, their waters reflecting the vast, shifting skies of Suffolk. Winter light across these pastures possesses a crystalline clarity, sharpening the edges of the hedgerows and revealing the subtle, undulating geometry of the surrounding earth. Cratfield retains an inward-looking character, defined by its scattered farmsteads and the persistent, unadorned truth of its rural industry. This is a landscape where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, undisturbed by the hurried demands of modernity.
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About This Cratfield, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cratfield, 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 Cratfield includes coordinates 52.326377, 1.390942, 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 Cratfield is available on the Cratfield 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.