Herringswell emerges from the flat, chalky expanses of West Suffolk as a quiet collection of flint-walled cottages and ancient, weathered timber. It lies 3.0 miles south of Mildenhall (from Mildenhall: bearing 172°T, OS grid TL 720 700), and is situated east-south-east of Red Lodge village. The light here pulls long, thin shadows across the fields, catching the pale, dusty earth that defines this corner of the landscape. A short walk west-south-west brings one to the Herringswell Village Sign, a piece of public art that marks the boundary between the modern road and the older, slower rhythm of the lanes. Beyond the houses, the land rises toward the subtle, grass-covered mounds of the Bowl Barrows, which sit as silent anchors in the fields south-west of the Grange. These ancient earthworks hold the stillness of the Bronze Age, resisting the encroachment of the surrounding agricultural tracks. Further east, the air carries the faint, sharp scent of the chalk-rich soil that sustains the local farms. Herringswell persists as a place where the horizon remains wide and unobstructed, offering a clear view of the changing sky.
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Live animated radar for Herringswell and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Herringswell, 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 Herringswell includes coordinates 52.301466, 0.521145, 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 Herringswell is available on the Herringswell 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.