Shotley, Suffolk Weather
About Shotley, Suffolk
Shotley commands the narrow peninsula where the Stour and Orwell rivers converge, their tides pulling at the edges of the Suffolk soil. It lies 2.3 miles north-west of Harwich (from Harwich: bearing 315°T, OS grid TM 232 351), and is situated north-west of Shotley Gate village. Beyond the clustered dwellings, the land rises toward Oldhall Hill, where the wind carries the salt-sharp scent of the North Sea across the fields. To the east, the low-lying expanse of Shotley Marshes acts as a silent reservoir for the mist that clings to the riverbanks at dawn. The light here possesses a peculiar, translucent quality, washing over the meadows with a clarity that seems to sharpen the very horizon. History sits quietly in the local architecture, anchored by the sturdy presence of St Mary’s Church, which has watched the water levels shift for centuries. Shotley retains a deliberate pace, defined more by the seasonal turning of the tides than by the frantic pulse of the modern world.
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Live animated radar for Shotley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shotley, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shotley, 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 Shotley includes coordinates 51.969615, 1.249128, 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 Shotley is available on the Shotley 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.