Great Blakenham, Suffolk Weather
About Great Blakenham, Suffolk
Great Blakenham reveals itself through a landscape where heavy industrial legacy meets the slow, persistent reclamation of nature. It lies 3.4 miles south-south-east of Needham Market (from Needham Market: bearing 148°T, OS grid TM 118 507), and is situated south-west of Sharpstone Street village. The Great Blakenham Village Sign stands as a solitary sentinel, marking the threshold where commuter traffic yields to the quietude of the Suffolk lanes. A short distance away, the Great Blakenham Pit Sssi exposes the skeletal chalky strata of the earth, a white wound in the green crust that hints at the deep geological patience of the terrain. Above the low-lying valley floors, the silhouette of Blackacre Hill provides a steady, dark anchor against the shifting moods of the sky. The light here often catches the chalk dust, turning the air into a shimmering, pale veil that softens the edges of the modern warehouses and older brickwork alike. Great Blakenham holds a singular, rugged composure, standing not as a relic of the past, but as a place where the hard work of industry and the endurance of the land have reached an uneasy, honest compromise.
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About This Great Blakenham, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Blakenham, 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 Great Blakenham includes coordinates 52.114502, 1.092053, 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 Great Blakenham is available on the Great Blakenham 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.