Furnace Wood, West Sussex Weather
About Furnace Wood, West Sussex
Ancient iron-workings leave a ghost of industry beneath the canopy of Furnace Wood, where the earth still remembers the heat of the bellows. It lies 2.9 miles west-north-west of East Grinstead (from East Grinstead: bearing 292°T, OS grid TQ 351 395), and is situated east-south-east of Domewood village. Sunlight filters through the dense timber to strike the silent, dark surface of Furnace Pond, a mirror of water that once powered the hammers of the local forge. Only a short distance away, the remnants of Warren Furnace persist as a quiet Scheduled Monument, anchoring the woodland in the heavy, soot-stained memories of the Wealden iron trade. Beyond these industrial echoes, the landscape softens into the verdant, sprawling reach of Hedgecourt Sssi, where the marshy ground sustains a delicate balance of rare flora. The air here carries a crisp, damp clarity, cooling as it drifts over the nearby lakes and follows the winding path of the Felbridge Water. Furnace Wood remains a place where the insistent pulse of the modern world fades into the rustle of leaves and the patient, slow accumulation of moss upon stone.
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About This Furnace Wood, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Furnace Wood, 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 Furnace Wood includes coordinates 51.139697, -0.069404, 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 Furnace Wood is available on the Furnace Wood 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.