Elbridge emerges from the flat, industrious plains of the Sussex coastal plain as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the low, expansive horizon. It lies 2.4 miles north-west of Bognor Regis (from Bognor Regis: bearing 320°T, OS grid SU 912 020), and is situated west of Shripney village. The land here remains stubbornly agricultural, where the water table rises to meet the sky in the narrow, reed-choked channels of the Elbridge Rife. This waterway carves a slow, deliberate path through the heavy clay, catching the pale, bruised light of late afternoon in its dark, sluggish surface. Further north, the earth rises slightly toward the site of the Keep of Tote Copse Castle, a ghost of medieval fortification that now serves only as a hummock in the tall, wind-battered grass. Elbridge maintains a singular, unadorned character, unbothered by the nearby churn of the coast or the encroaching suburbs. The air carries a salt-edged dampness, a constant reminder that the English Channel lies only a short distance to the south. Life in Elbridge proceeds with a functional modesty, rooted in the seasonal rhythms of the fields that stretch towards the horizon.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elbridge, 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 Elbridge includes coordinates 50.811199, -0.705928, 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 Elbridge is available on the Elbridge 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.