Birdham, West Sussex Weather
About Birdham, West Sussex
Birdham commands a low-lying reach of the Manhood Peninsula, where the flat horizon dissolves into the salt-scented breath of the English Channel. It lies 3.9 miles south-west of Chichester (from Chichester: bearing 220°T, OS grid SZ 820 998), and is situated south-south-east of Westlands village. The light here has a peculiar, silvered quality, reflecting off the vast, tidal expanse of Birdham Pool where the masts of moored yachts clatter like dry reeds in the wind. Beyond the harbour walls, the land flattens into reclaimed marshes that hold the winter rains in deep, dark mirrors. A traveller walking towards the northern edge might trace the silent, reed-fringed path of the Chichester Ship Canal, where the water lies heavy and still, undisturbed by the modern tides. Birdham retains a quiet industry, its character defined by the slow transition from ancient agricultural fields to the rhythmic pulse of the marina. The soil, rich and dark, carries the weight of centuries of tidal cycles, binding the history of the quay to the shifting currents of the coast. Here, the sky seems to press closer to the earth, casting long, lean shadows that stretch across the fields as the sun dips towards the Solent.
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Live animated radar for Birdham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Birdham, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Birdham, 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 Birdham includes coordinates 50.792727, -0.836559, 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 Birdham is available on the Birdham 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.