Gromford emerges from the Suffolk landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the low-slung horizons of the East Anglian plains. It lies 2.6 miles south of Saxmundham (from Saxmundham: bearing 180°T, OS grid TM 388 588), and is situated north-north-west of Snape village. The light here possesses a particular clarity, turning the damp earth of the nearby Gromford Meadow SSSI into a mirror for the wide, pale sky. Beyond the immediate fields, the River Fromus traces a slow, deliberate path through the marshy ground, carving its way toward the coast with a persistent, liquid gravity. The air often carries the faint, salt-tinged promise of the sea, which seems to pull the gaze toward the distant horizon. Further south, the iconic roofline of the Snape Maltings Concert Hall rises above the reedbeds, grounding the local character in both agricultural heritage and the resonance of music. This proximity to such expansive water-meadows ensures that Gromford remains tethered to the shifting moods of the Suffolk weather. Every lane and hedgerow in Gromford seems to hold the stillness of a place that has long watched the seasons dictate the pace of human affairs.
Flight conditions near Gromford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Gromford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gromford, 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 Gromford includes coordinates 52.176123, 1.492144, 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 Gromford is available on the Gromford 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.