Highleigh, West Sussex Weather
About Highleigh, West Sussex
Highleigh remains a quiet pocket of the Manhood Peninsula, where the flat, fertile earth of West Sussex stretches toward the horizon under a vast and watchful sky. It lies 2.8 miles north of Selsey (from Selsey: bearing 352°T, OS grid SZ 846 977), and is situated west-south-west of Sidlesham village. The low-lying fields around Highleigh hold a singular, silvery quality of light that seems to rise directly from the moisture-rich soil. To the south, the currents of Keynor Rife trace a slow, deliberate path through the landscape, acting as a quiet artery for the surrounding agricultural plains. Beyond the hedgerows, the expansive Pagham Harbour SSSi serves as a sanctuary where the salt-heavy air shifts with the movements of migrating birds. Highleigh maintains a character defined by this proximity to the coast, where the boundary between land and water feels porous and ever-changing. The architecture here is modest, grounded in a history of farming that has long dictated the rhythm of daily life. Even in the stillness of an afternoon, one can sense the influence of the nearby Ferry Channel, which pulls the coastal atmosphere inland to brush against the gardens and lanes of Highleigh.
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Live animated radar for Highleigh and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Highleigh, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Highleigh, 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 Highleigh includes coordinates 50.773252, -0.801359, 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 Highleigh is available on the Highleigh 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.