Cretingham, Suffolk Weather
About Cretingham, Suffolk
Cretingham reveals itself through the low, insistent hum of agricultural machinery and the heavy, damp scent of turned earth that clings to the valley floor. It lies 4.0 miles west-south-west of Framlingham (from Framlingham: bearing 243°T, OS grid TM 227 602), and is situated west of Brandeston village. The local topography is defined by a series of subtle rises and damp hollows, where the light in late afternoon catches the flint-knapped walls of the parish church with a cool, silver intensity. A sense of long-settled quietude permeates the lanes, punctuated only by the presence of the Cretingham Village Sign, which stands as a sentinel at the heart of the parish. To the northeast, the Moat Farm Moated Site remnants offer a silent index of medieval habitation, their stagnant waters holding reflections of an expansive, shifting sky. The surrounding fields remain vast and open, reflecting a landscape that has prioritised the slow, methodical work of the plough for centuries. Further south, the High House Meadows, Monewden SSSI provides a rare pocket of undisturbed biodiversity, where the grasses bow under the weight of the morning dew. Through such features, Cretingham maintains a character forged not by grand gestures, but by the persistent, unyielding rhythm of the Suffolk clay.
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About This Cretingham, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cretingham, 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 Cretingham includes coordinates 52.195293, 1.258343, 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 Cretingham is available on the Cretingham 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.