Upper Town, Suffolk Weather
About Upper Town, Suffolk
Upper Town lingers in the quiet expanse of the Suffolk landscape, where the flat horizon softens under the weight of vast, shifting clouds. It lies 4.7 miles east-north-east of Bury St Edmunds (from Bury St Edmunds: bearing 66°T, OS grid TL 922 676), and is situated west of Pakenham village. Field boundaries here trace the ancient lines of an agricultural past, marked by hedges that hold the sharp, cold light of late autumn afternoons. A short walk toward the south-west reveals the glassy, silent surface of Barton Mere, which mirrors the grey sky with a clarity that seems to sharpen the surrounding air. The earth in Upper Town is heavy and rich, yielding to the tread of those who traverse its narrow lanes towards the neighbouring meadows. Near the eastern reaches, the Pakenham Meadows Sssi preserves a damp, verdant sanctuary where the grasses bow low against the wind. The persistent rhythm of rural life defines the character of Upper Town, where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp call of a bird or the distant movement of machinery. This corner of West Suffolk remains a place of subtle shifts, where the land speaks in the muted tones of soil, water, and season.
Flight conditions near Upper Town. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Upper Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Upper Town, Suffolk Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upper Town, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Upper Town includes coordinates 52.273581, 0.816228, 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 Upper Town is available on the Upper Town 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.