Little Blakenham, Suffolk Weather
About Little Blakenham, Suffolk
Little Blakenham emerges from the Suffolk landscape as a quiet assembly of dwellings tethered to the rhythmic cycles of the Gipping valley. It lies 4.2 miles south-south-east of Needham Market (from Needham Market: bearing 165°T, OS grid TM 107 487), and is situated east of Somersham village. The sunlight here often catches the chalky dust of the earth, illuminating the geological legacy of the Little Blakenham Pit Sssi, where the ground preserves ancient secrets within its three hectares of protected strata. Residents pass the Little Blakenham Village Sign, a piece of public artwork that marks the threshold between the modern lanes and the deeper, rolling contours of the countryside. Beyond the residential clusters, the rise of Blood Hill commands an eastward view, its summit offering a vantage point where the wind carries the scent of damp soil and distant hedgerows. The local architecture leans into the traditions of the region, where flint and red brick reflect the persistent industry of the surrounding terrain. Little Blakenham maintains a composure defined by its isolation from the faster currents of the busier thoroughfares nearby. This geography creates a stillness that seems to concentrate the quality of the afternoon light, casting long shadows across the fields as the day draws toward its end.
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Live animated radar for Little Blakenham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Little Blakenham, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Blakenham, 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 Little Blakenham includes coordinates 52.096603, 1.074955, 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 Little Blakenham is available on the Little Blakenham 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.