Henley Common emerges from the rolling folds of the Sussex landscape as a quiet witness to the enduring character of the Weald. It lies 3.1 miles north of Midhurst (from Midhurst: bearing 4°T, OS grid SU 888 264), and is situated south-south-west of Fernhurst village. Protected by the rolling horizons of the South Downs National Park, the terrain here holds a particular stillness, where the light seems to linger longer against the ancient timbered frames of local dwellings. To the east, the River Lod winds through the low ground, carving a path that has sustained this soil through centuries of quiet agrarian change. The earth beneath Henley Common is rich with industrial memory, marked by the presence of the Northpark Copse To Snapelands Copse Sssi, where rare flora thrives in the damp, undisturbed shadows of the woodland. One might trace the ghost of a colder, more industrious past in the nearby iron-working sites, though today only the soft respiration of the trees remains. Henley Common maintains an austere elegance, defined by the sharp, clean air that descends from the higher ridges to scrub the valley floor. Time here does not hurry, but rather settles like the evening mist upon the commons, indifferent to the clamour of the modern world beyond the trees.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Henley Common, 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 Henley Common includes coordinates 51.030407, -0.734544, 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 Henley Common is available on the Henley Common 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.