Lound reveals itself as a quiet expanse of Suffolk earth where the horizon holds a particular, pale clarity. It lies 3.2 miles south-south-west of Gorleston-on-Sea (from Gorleston-on-Sea: bearing 213°T, OS grid TM 504 991), and is situated north-north-west of Blundeston village. The Lound Village Sign stands as a sentinel of local identity, marking a crossroads where the air carries the faint, salt-tinged promise of the nearby coast. Beyond the primary thoroughfare, the land dips towards the Lound Waterworks Engine House, a red-brick monument that anchors the history of the region in heavy, industrious stone. Beneath a vast, shifting sky, the terrain rises gently toward the modest elevation of Bunker's Hill, offering a vantage point over the fields. The light here possesses a soft, silver quality that seems to cling to the hedgerows and the quiet lanes. In the cooler months, the moisture lingering in the lower meadows gives the landscape a reflective, mirror-like depth. Lound maintains a deliberate, measured pace that honours the agricultural roots of the East Suffolk district. Every path leading away from the centre feels as though it might eventually dissolve into the quiet, reed-fringed margins of the local water bodies.
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Live animated radar for Lound and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lound, 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 Lound includes coordinates 52.532326, 1.691441, 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 Lound is available on the Lound 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.