Shipmeadow, Suffolk Weather
About Shipmeadow, Suffolk
Shipmeadow emerges from the flat, hushed expanse of the Waveney Valley as a singular point of focus amidst the stretching lowlands. It lies 2.5 miles west of Beccles (from Beccles: bearing 267°T, OS grid TM 381 900), and is situated east of Mettingham village. The pale, watery light of the Suffolk sky often catches the intricate ironwork of the Shipmeadow Village Sign, which stands as a silent sentinel marking the threshold of the parish. To the north, the landscape dissolves into the reed-fringed expanse of the Shipmeadow Marshes, where the ground remains perpetually soft and eager to reclaim the horizon. Narrow channels of the New Dyke slice through the peat, reflecting the drifting clouds in mirrors of dark, still water. Ancient boundaries mark the earth further east, where the moated site of Barsham Hall persists as a ghostly geometry hidden beneath the tall, unruly grasses. The air here carries a heavy, damp richness, smelling faintly of river silt and the deep, silent work of the marshland floor. In this corner of the world, Shipmeadow maintains a quiet gravity, indifferent to the hurried pace of the distant market towns.
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About This Shipmeadow, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shipmeadow, 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 Shipmeadow includes coordinates 52.456186, 1.504168, 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 Shipmeadow is available on the Shipmeadow 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.