Gatwick, Surrey Weather
About Gatwick, Surrey
Gatwick occupies a quiet fold of the Surrey landscape, where the earth holds the moisture of hidden springs and the air tastes of damp pine needles. It lies 3.6 miles west-north-west of Godalming (from Godalming: bearing 283°T, OS grid SU 913 449), and is situated north-north-east of Elstead village. The light here seems to thicken as it falls, caught by the mirror-like surfaces of Cuttmill Pond, which lies just a short walk to the north. Gatwick retains a singular character, defined by the low, sandy ridges that rise from the surrounding heathland. To the southeast, the slopes of Sugarbaker Hill catch the morning sun, casting long, lean shadows across the tracks that wind between the scattered dwellings. These pathways remain quiet, save for the occasional passage of a fox or the rustle of dry heather disturbed by the wind. The proximity of the Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons SSSI ensures that the land retains a wild, unmanicured edge, where the gorse and birch claim the horizon. Such stillness defines Gatwick, offering a sanctuary where the modern world feels distant and secondary to the ancient, slow-moving rhythm of the soil.
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About This Gatwick, Surrey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gatwick, 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 Gatwick includes coordinates 51.196866, -0.694295, 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 Gatwick is available on the Gatwick 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.