Lickfold reveals itself as a quiet gathering of dwellings anchored by the low-slung, moss-heavy stone of its ancient foundations. It lies 6.0 miles east-south-east of Petworth (from Petworth: bearing 118°T, OS grid TQ 064 172), and is situated south of Marehill village. The horizon here is defined by the expansive, protected character of the South Downs National Park, where the light seems to catch on the silvered bark of trees and the pale, chalky dust of the tracks. Waters from the River Stor flow with a persistent, cold clarity nearby, shaping the damp meadows that feed the local earth. Scarcely a stone’s throw to the north-northeast, the Lickfold Roman Bath House remains a silent sentinel, grounding the modern day in the deep, unhurried history of the Roman occupation. The air around Lickfold holds the scent of damp loam and woodsmoke, a fragrance that clings to the hedgerows when the afternoon sun begins to retreat behind the downs. Life here follows the subtle shifts of the seasons, moving with the patient grace of the land itself.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lickfold, 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 Lickfold includes coordinates 50.944636, -0.486685, 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 Lickfold is available on the Lickfold 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.