Elsted Marsh, West Sussex Weather
About Elsted Marsh, West Sussex
Elsted Marsh draws the eye across the low-lying pastures of West Sussex, where the horizon meets the long, chalk-ribbed spine of the South Downs. It lies 3.2 miles west of Midhurst (from Midhurst: bearing 262°T, OS grid SU 833 206), and is situated south-south-east of Dumpford village. The quiet lanes here are held within the protected expanse of the South Downs National Park, where the air often carries the damp, earthy scent of water meadows. To the north-east, the ancient, grass-grown humps of the Bowl Barrows on Goldrings Warren stand as silent sentinels over the shifting moods of the sky. Elsted Marsh remains a place of deep, hushed stillness, defined by the slow movement of shadows across flat fields rather than the clamour of modern life. Nearby, the heathland of Iping Common SSSI offers a starker, wilder contrast to the manicured hedgerows, its sandy soils supporting a fragile, scrubby beauty that resists the plough. Light here possesses a peculiar clarity, catching the dew on the long grasses and turning the morning mist into a pale, shifting veil. Through the turning of the seasons, Elsted Marsh persists as a grounded feature of this ancient, rural geography.
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About This Elsted Marsh, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elsted Marsh, 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 Elsted Marsh includes coordinates 50.979203, -0.81343, 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 Elsted Marsh is available on the Elsted Marsh 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.