Laxfield, Suffolk Weather
About Laxfield, Suffolk
Laxfield holds its own against the flat, wide horizon of Suffolk with a quiet, stubborn permanence. It lies 5.7 miles north of Framlingham (from Framlingham: bearing 10°T, OS grid TM 296 723), and is situated south-south-west of Cratfield village. A traveller walking toward the centre might pass the Laxfield Village Sign, which marks the transition from open fields to the dense, timber-framed core of the parish. Nearby, the Walpole River traces a thin, silver vein through the low-lying meadows, indifferent to the slow rotation of the seasons. History is kept under lock and key at the Laxfield Museum, housed in a building that seems to lean slightly against the weight of its own centuries. The light here has a way of bleaching the brickwork in the late afternoon, turning the sharp edges of the older structures into something soft and indistinct. Beyond the immediate cluster of dwellings, the landscape opens into a patchwork of heavy clay soil that has defined the local economy for generations. In the deepening dusk, the air carries a cold, damp scent of turned earth and stagnant water that lingers long after the sun has vanished behind the hedgerows.
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About This Laxfield, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Laxfield, 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 Laxfield includes coordinates 52.301639, 1.366251, 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 Laxfield is available on the Laxfield 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.