Hopton, Suffolk Weather
About Hopton, Suffolk
Hopton catches the pale, slant light of the Suffolk sky, where the horizon stretches wide across flat, arable fields. It lies 7.5 miles east-south-east of Thetford (from Thetford: bearing 110°T, OS grid TL 986 793), and is situated north of Market Weston village. Ancient chalk streams pulse beneath the earth here, feeding the verdant, damp expanse of Hopton Fen Sssi, a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of sedge and cold water. A short distance away, the Hopton Village Sign stands as a solitary, painted sentinel, marking the meeting of lanes that have carried carts and travellers for centuries. The land rises slightly toward the north, where the skeletal, weathered stones of Saint Nicholas offer a silent dialogue with the clouds. This quiet corner of West Suffolk holds a particular stillness, undisturbed by the rush of major highways or modern industry. Here, the soil is dark and heavy, yielding to the plough with a stubborn, elemental patience. Residents walk paths that trace the edges of these ancient wetlands, finding a rhythm in the changing seasons that defines the character of Hopton.
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Live animated radar for Hopton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hopton, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hopton, 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 Hopton includes coordinates 52.376123, 0.916808, 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 Hopton is available on the Hopton 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.