Flansham remains a quiet witness to the shifting tides of the West Sussex landscape, where the heavy, salt-laden air from the nearby coast softens the edges of its stone and timber. It lies 1.9 miles north-east of Bognor Regis (from Bognor Regis: bearing 48°T, OS grid SU 960 012), and is situated east-south-east of Shripney village. The land here holds a flat, purposeful tension, drained by the slow, deliberate pulse of the Barnham Rife as it makes its way toward the sea. Light gathers uniquely in these low-lying fields, turning the horizon into a pale, translucent ribbon that seems to hover just above the grass. A short distance away, the expansive sands of Felpham Beach offer a wide, grey-blue theatre for the gulls, providing a stark, bracing contrast to the sheltered privacy found within Flansham. Throughout the seasons, the damp earth exhales a scent of ancient, sodden fields, grounding the architecture in a geography that refuses to be hurried. These surroundings maintain a rhythmic, functional beauty, defined by the interplay of water, wind, and the persistent, quiet endurance of the soil.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flansham, 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 Flansham includes coordinates 50.803001, -0.638276, 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 Flansham is available on the Flansham 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.