Colworth persists as a quiet enclave of flat, low-lying fields within the West Sussex landscape. It lies 2.7 miles north-north-west of Bognor Regis (from Bognor Regis: bearing 328°T, OS grid SU 913 028), and is situated west-north-west of Shripney village. The land here remains stubbornly agricultural, defined by the heavy, moisture-rich earth that supports long, unbroken horizons. Half a mile to the south-west, the Elbridge Rife cuts a sluggish path through the terrain, its waters often obscured by the tall, swaying reeds that thrive in the damp shadows of the drainage channels. To the north-north-east, the site of the Keep of Tote Copse Castle serves as a silent, grassy reminder of medieval foundations long since surrendered to the quietude of the pasture. Colworth experiences a particular quality of light in the late afternoon, when the sun catches the dew on the meadows and turns the drainage ditches into lines of burnished copper. The prevailing stillness is broken only by the occasional machinery of local farms or the sharp cry of a bird rising from the Aldingbourne Rife. These flat expanses maintain a stark, unadorned beauty, grounded firmly in the rhythms of the coastal plain.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colworth, 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 Colworth includes coordinates 50.817836, -0.704268, 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 Colworth is available on the Colworth 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.