Ancient woodland and the quiet persistence of the Sussex Weald define the character of Mannings Heath. It lies 2.3 miles east-south-east of Horsham (from Horsham: bearing 121°T, OS grid TQ 204 286), and is situated north-north-east of Monk's Gate village. The topography here rises with a deliberate, slow confidence, as seen in the steady climb toward Golding's Hill just to the north. Water finds its way through the landscape in small, persistent channels, with the River Arun tracing a path through the lower ground nearby. The air in Mannings Heath often carries a heavy, damp richness, a result of the proximity to the expansive, protected habitat of St. Leonard's Forest SSSI. Stone and brick houses sit comfortably against the backdrop of undulating common land, where the light hits the gorse with a sharp, pale clarity in the autumn months. Paths worn by generations of walkers wind past the quiet mirrors of local ponds, linking the homes to the wider, wilder stretches of the county. Mannings Heath maintains a rhythm dictated by the seasons, where the turning of the leaves on the surrounding oaks marks time more reliably than any clock.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mannings Heath, 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 Mannings Heath includes coordinates 51.044925, -0.283086, 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 Mannings Heath is available on the Mannings Heath 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.