Upthorpe reveals itself through the low, flat horizons of the Suffolk landscape, where the sky claims a vast and heavy dominion over the arable fields. It lies 9.4 miles south-east of Thetford (from Thetford: bearing 136°T, OS grid TL 981 725), and is situated east-south-east of Stanton village. The air here holds a crisp, bracing clarity, particularly as the light shifts across the remnants of the Stanton Upthorpe Windmill, which looms over the local topography as a skeletal ghost of agrarian industry. To the south-west, the sprawling expanse of Stanton Woods SSSi provides a dense, verdant counterpoint to the open furrows that define the immediate geography. Upthorpe maintains a quiet composure, defined by the slow movement of seasons across the heavy clay soils that have long dictated the rhythm of local labour. Beyond the immediate cluster of dwellings, the land yields to the gentle, rhythmic depressions of Finch’s Bottoms, where the damp earth breathes a cool mist into the evenings. This terrain does not court the dramatic, yet it possesses a deliberate, unyielding permanence that grounds the observer in the quietude of the Eastern region. Through the changing light of the day, Upthorpe remains a place of subtle shifts, where the history of the soil is written in every furrow and weather-worn boundary.
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Live animated radar for Upthorpe and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Upthorpe, 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 Upthorpe includes coordinates 52.315613, 0.905679, 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 Upthorpe is available on the Upthorpe 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.