Kirdford, West Sussex Weather
About Kirdford, West Sussex
Kirdford rests upon the heavy, ancient clays of the Weald, where the earth holds the winter rains in long, reflective pools. It lies 4.0 miles north-east of Petworth (from Petworth: bearing 38°T, OS grid TQ 016 267), and is situated west-north-west of Wisborough Green village. The local topography rises gently toward the western horizon, where the modest elevation of Staples Hill catches the low, golden slant of the afternoon sun. Beneath the canopy of the surrounding woodland, the sprawling expanse of The Mens SSSI shelters rare bryophytes and ancient trees that have watched the seasons turn for centuries. Kirdford preserves a quiet endurance in its architecture, favouring local sandstone and timber frames that seem to have grown from the very ground they occupy. The landscape here is defined by the slow, deliberate movement of water, with nearby brooks carving shallow channels through the fields. Farmers continue to work the heavy soil, maintaining a tradition of agriculture that has long defined the character of the parish. A lingering sense of stillness pervades the lanes, interrupted only by the rhythmic pulse of the seasons and the distant, cooling breeze that drifts across the open meadows.
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About This Kirdford, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kirdford, 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 Kirdford includes coordinates 51.031336, -0.55122, 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 Kirdford is available on the Kirdford 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.