Great Saxham, Suffolk Weather
About Great Saxham, Suffolk
Great Saxham emerges from the flat, arable expanse of West Suffolk as a collection of flint-walled cottages and quiet lanes. It lies 4.0 miles west of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 268°T, OS grid TL 789 639), and is situated east of Burthorpe village. The Great Saxham Village Sign stands as a sentinel of local identity, marking the point where the light catches the morning mist rolling off the surrounding fields. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the land opens into a vast, sky-dominated horizon that defines this particular corner of the English countryside. A short journey toward the western horizon brings one to the verdant expanse of Burthorpe Green, where the grass holds a crisp, persistent dew even in the height of summer. The legacy of the past persists in the proximity of the Site of Little Saxham Hall, where the earth retains the faint, stubborn memory of medieval stone and timber. Great Saxham maintains a deliberate stillness, an enduring quality that feels less like a retreat from the world and more like a patient observation of the seasons.
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Live animated radar for Great Saxham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Saxham, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Saxham, 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 Saxham includes coordinates 52.244528, 0.620126, 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 Saxham is available on the Great Saxham 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.