St Margaret South Elmham emerges from the flat, heavy clay of the Suffolk landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the wide, open sky. It lies 4.0 miles south-south-west of Bungay (from Bungay: bearing 196°T, OS grid TM 321 835), and is situated west-north-west of All Saints' South Elmham village. A particular stillness clings to the horizon here, where the light shifts across the fields in long, pale ribbons of afternoon gold. The local character is anchored by St Margaret's Green, a patch of common land that holds the memory of centuries of slow, agrarian industry. Nearby, the Moated Site Immediately North Of St Margaret'S Green remains a faint, earthwork ghost of medieval habitation, overgrown and silent under the canopy of mature trees. St Margaret South Elmham retains a sense of seclusion, far removed from the sharp edges of modern transit, where the air smells of damp earth and coming rain. The landscape is marked by these ancient, hidden scars, offering a stark beauty that requires a patient eye to fully discern. Walking the lanes, one feels the weight of the flat horizon pressing in, grounding the spirit in the enduring, unadorned reality of the East Anglian plains.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Margaret South Elmham, 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 St Margaret South Elmham includes coordinates 52.4006, 1.41081, 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 St Margaret South Elmham is available on the St Margaret South Elmham 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.