Paynes Green emerges from the folds of the Surrey Weald as a scattering of dwellings defined by the patient, heavy clay of the landscape. It lies 4.7 miles north-north-west of Horsham (from Horsham: bearing 340°T, OS grid TQ 145 375), and is situated east of Okewood Hill village. The sunlight here seems to catch the edges of the ancient hedgerows, casting long, deliberate shadows across the narrow lanes that connect Paynes Green to the wider world. To the north-northeast, the expansive fifty-eight hectares of the Vann Lake and Ockley Woods SSSI provide a sanctuary where the water reflects the shifting moods of the sky. The nearby Tickfold Gill carves a quiet, persistent path through the earth, marking the land with the slow rhythm of moving water. Timber-framed houses stand as remnants of a time when the local economy relied upon the stubborn yield of the forest and the field. Even now, the horizon remains dominated by the rising silhouette of Oakwood Hill to the west, a landmark that anchors the view against the vastness of the southern heavens. Each turn in the road reveals a terrain that has been shaped more by the stubborn persistence of agriculture than by the clamour of modern industry.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Paynes Green, 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 Paynes Green includes coordinates 51.125675, -0.364752, 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 Paynes Green is available on the Paynes Green 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.