Bignor, West Sussex Weather
About Bignor, West Sussex
Bignor reveals itself through the quietude of the chalky slopes that define the northern reaches of the South Downs National Park. It lies 4.4 miles south of Petworth (from Petworth: bearing 176°T, OS grid SU 984 145), and is situated south-east of Sutton village. The light here seems to linger, caught by the pale, flint-strewn earth that climbs sharply toward the Duncton To Bignor Escarpment Sssi. Beneath the turf, the ghosts of antiquity remain, as evidenced by the elaborate mosaics of Bignor Roman Villa, which wait patiently just a short walk from the modern lanes. Bignor maintains a singular stillness, where the rhythmic clatter of agricultural machinery occasionally punctuates the vast, open silence of the hills. To the south, the austere rise of Bignor Hill commands the horizon, casting long, bruised shadows across the fields as the sun begins its slow descent. Ancient tracks trace the contours of the land, linking the present to an older, earth-bound existence that predates the tidy borders of contemporary maps. Bignor endures as a place of subtle textures, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and the cool, persistent memory of the sea.
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About This Bignor, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bignor, 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 Bignor includes coordinates 50.922361, -0.600734, 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 Bignor is available on the Bignor 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.