The Heath, Suffolk Weather
About The Heath, Suffolk
The Heath reveals itself as a modest expanse of Suffolk terrain where the horizon holds a quiet, unyielding authority over the fields. It lies 5.1 miles east-south-east of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 113°T, OS grid TL 930 613), and is situated west-south-west of Hessett village. Skeins of morning mist often cling to the low-lying furrows here, blurring the boundary between the heavy clay earth and the pale, expansive sky. A short distance to the east, the ornate Hessett Village Sign stands as a sentinel of local identity, casting a long, sharp shadow when the afternoon light turns brittle and gold. The Heath supports a landscape defined by the rhythmic pulse of agriculture, where hedgerows act as ancient, tangled veins across the open expanse. Travellers might notice the subtle shift in atmosphere near Drinkstone Lake, where the water catches the grey light like a piece of hammered pewter. Time feels different here, marked less by the ticking of clocks and more by the slow, seasonal rotation of the crops that define the character of The Heath.
Flight conditions near The Heath. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for The Heath and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This The Heath, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Heath, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for The Heath includes coordinates 52.216926, 0.824808, 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 The Heath is available on the The Heath 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.