Burleys Wood retains a quiet, secluded character that belies its proximity to the suburban expansion of West Sussex. It lies 1.8 miles east-north-east of Crawley (from Crawley: bearing 77°T, OS grid TQ 296 372), and is situated south-west of Copthorne village. The landscape here holds a stillness defined by the heavy, damp clay of the Weald, where the light often seems to thicken under the canopy of ancient oaks. To the west, the calm surface of The Moat reflects the shifting clouds, providing a mirror to the dense greenery that defines the local horizon. Adjacent to this water, the earth humps into the subtle, grass-covered ridges of a scheduled moated site, marking a long-forgotten human presence upon the land. Burleys Wood serves as a transition between the managed sprawl of modern residential streets and the unyielding, mossy dampness of the surrounding woodland. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of pine and decaying leaves, a reminder of the wilder stretches that persist just beyond the pavement’s edge. Even in the height of summer, the shadows cast by the trees feel cooler and more substantial than those found in the neighbouring parks.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Burleys Wood, 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 Burleys Wood includes coordinates 51.120145, -0.148267, 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 Burleys Wood is available on the Burleys Wood 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.