Barlavington, West Sussex Weather
About Barlavington, West Sussex
Barlavington emerges from the chalky folds of the West Sussex landscape as a quiet witness to the enduring patience of the earth. It lies 3.4 miles south of Petworth (from Petworth: bearing 188°T, OS grid SU 971 160), and is situated north-west of Sutton village. The entire hamlet rests within the protected expanse of South Downs National Park, where the light hits the ridges with a clarity that sharpens the edges of every hawthorn and flint wall. To the west, the slopes of Barlavington Down rise in a pale, grassy swell, holding the silent gravity of a prehistoric linear boundary etched into the turf. Below these heights, the Duncton to Bignor Escarpment SSSI traces a jagged line across the horizon, marking a geological history far older than any human industry. Barlavington remains defined by the stillness of the surrounding fields, where the air possesses a sharp, clean scent of crushed limestone and damp chalk. The stillness is occasionally broken by the movement of water, as the nearby pools reflect the passing clouds with a mirror-like intensity. In the quiet of the afternoon, the landscape feels less like a place of human habitation and more like a vast, breathing organism of grass and sky.
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About This Barlavington, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Barlavington, West Sussex, 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. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Barlavington includes coordinates 50.936138, -0.618851, in the county of West Sussex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Barlavington is available on the Barlavington map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the West Sussex 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.