Lordington emerges from the chalky folds of West Sussex as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the austere beauty of its agrarian past. It lies 3.1 miles north-east of Emsworth (from Emsworth: bearing 40°T, OS grid SU 781 098), and is situated south-west of Walderton village. The rolling topography here falls entirely within the protected expanse of the South Downs National Park, where the horizon stretches toward the coast in long, pale ribbons of light. Ancient flint walls anchor the buildings to the earth, their surfaces catching the cool, grey luminescence typical of this high, exposed terrain. To the north, the dense canopy of Watergate Hanger provides a dark, verdant contrast to the sun-bleached fields that surround the local manor house. Lordington retains a singular stillness, where the wind carries only the scent of crushed grass and the distant, rhythmic turning of soil. A brief walk toward the south-west reveals the dip of Ellbridge Dell, a shallow basin that gathers the evening mist as the shadows lengthen across the valley floor. Such landscapes demand a patient eye, rewarding those who observe how the season’s shifting colours bleed into the limestone lanes.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lordington, 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 Lordington includes coordinates 50.882791, -0.891095, 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 Lordington is available on the Lordington 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.