Playford, Suffolk Weather
About Playford, Suffolk
Playford emerges from the Suffolk landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the rolling, heavy clay terrain of the Fynn valley. It lies 1.3 miles north-north-west of Kesgrave (from Kesgrave: bearing 348°T, OS grid TM 214 478), and is situated south-west of Boot Street village. Ancient oaks cast long, distorted shadows across the lanes, their roots gripping earth that has sustained agrarian life for centuries. Nearby, the Playford Hall Moated Site remains a silent sentinel, its dark waters reflecting the shifting grey light of the North Sea sky that presses down upon the fields. The air here holds a particular stillness, broken only by the rhythmic turn of agricultural machinery or the sudden flight of birds toward the reeds of Spring Pond. Thomas Clarkson, the formidable abolitionist, once walked these paths, finding a sanctuary that seems to absorb the clamour of the outside world. Playford maintains a modest composure, its architecture whispering of a past where the proximity of water and soil dictated the survival of every household. Each evening, the low sun illuminates the flint work of local structures, turning the stone a pale, dusty gold that fades into the encroaching dusk.
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Live animated radar for Playford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Playford, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Playford, 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 Playford includes coordinates 52.084772, 1.230673, 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 Playford is available on the Playford 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.