Blackheath, Surrey Weather
About Blackheath, Surrey
Blackheath reveals itself through a landscape of sandy soil and shifting light that defines the edge of the Surrey Hills. It lies 3.2 miles south-east of Guildford (from Guildford: bearing 136°T, OS grid TQ 032 462), and is situated south-east of Chilworth village. The terrain rises sharply toward the summit of Derry's Hill, where the horizon broadens to capture the pale, thin clarity of the southern sky. Below these slopes, the expansive Blackheath SSSI preserves a rare heathland habitat, its heather and gorse providing a rugged contrast to the manicured gardens of the neighbouring valley. The air here holds the silence of the surrounding canopy, a stillness broken only by the distant, rhythmic turning of the seasons. Blackheath remains distinct from the industrial echoes of the nearby Chilworth Gunpowder Works, favouring the quiet persistence of pine and birch over the clamour of its manufacturing past. This is a place where the earth feels ancient and unhurried, held together by the roots of the forest and the steady, unsentimental passage of time.
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About This Blackheath, Surrey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blackheath, Surrey, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Blackheath includes coordinates 51.205991, -0.523888, in the county of Surrey, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Blackheath is available on the Blackheath map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Surrey 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.