Salt-heavy winds scour the flat, low-lying fields that define the horizon around Earnley. It lies 3.3 miles north-west of Selsey (from Selsey: bearing 315°T, OS grid SZ 815 969), and is situated west-south-west of Almodington village. The land here remains porous and damp, held in a delicate balance by the presence of the Bracklesham Bay SSSI, which draws the tide close to the threshold of the fields. A quiet, brackish water flows through the Earnley Rife, carving a narrow, reed-choked path toward the sea that dictates the movement of local wildlife. The architecture of the parish church reflects a stubborn endurance against the relentless damp, built from materials that have weathered generations of coastal storms. During the autumn, the light over the coastal plain thins to a pale, metallic silver, catching the dampness of the earth until the ground itself seems to shimmer. Residents walk paths where the sky feels vast and unsparing, often catching sight of the distant, rusting remnants of Thorney Farm as the sun dips low. Earnley maintains a solitary character, shaped more by the insistent rhythm of the rising tides than by the bustle of the neighbouring districts.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Earnley, 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 Earnley includes coordinates 50.766313, -0.845424, 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 Earnley is available on the Earnley 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.