Lavenham, Suffolk Weather
About Lavenham, Suffolk
Lavenham reveals its medieval character through timber-framed houses that lean at improbable angles, their jettied storeys casting long, rhythmic shadows across the narrow lanes. It lies 3.0 miles north-north-east of Acton (from Acton: bearing 29°T, OS grid TL 915 492), and is situated west-north-west of Brent Eleigh village. Prosperity once flowed into Lavenham through the 15th-century wool trade, leaving behind a wealth of architectural detail that persists in the darkened oak beams and lime-washed plaster. The Market Cross stands as a silent witness to centuries of commerce, its stone base marking the heart of a square that retains a quiet, dignified gravity. Nearby, the Guildhall of Corpus Christi displays the intricate craftsmanship of a time when the cloth industry dictated the fortunes of the local inhabitants. Beyond the built environment, the open expanse of The Common offers a soft, grassy counterpoint to the rigid geometry of the village’s historic core. Sunlight catches the leaded glass of the cottages, turning the windows into amber apertures that look out upon an unchanging Suffolk horizon. Such surroundings suggest a permanence that defies the restless pace of the modern world, grounding the observer in a landscape where time seems to measure itself by the movement of the sun across the rooftops.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lavenham, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lavenham, 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 Lavenham includes coordinates 52.108687, 0.79529, 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 Lavenham is available on the Lavenham 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.