New Town reveals itself as a quiet suburban pocket of West Sussex, defined by its steady, modest reach toward the surrounding Wealden landscape. It lies 0.6 miles south-east of Horsham (from Horsham: bearing 128°T, OS grid TQ 180 299). Sunlight here slants low across the rooftops in the late afternoon, casting long, lean shadows that stretch toward the gentle, winding path of the Horn Brook. This watercourse serves as a subtle boundary, its banks gathering the damp, cool air that drifts upward from the lower fields. Residents of New Town often wander the nearby paths to reach the moated site and fishponds of Chesworth House, where the ground holds the weight of ancient earthworks beneath a canopy of mature trees. The local character is defined by this proximity to historical remnants and the soft, persistent murmur of a landscape that refuses to be hurried. Brickwork and garden hedges frame the streets, maintaining a domestic stillness that persists despite the nearby pulse of the larger market town. As evening arrives, the sky over New Town bruises into shades of violet, settling over the gardens with an unforced, patient grace.
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Live animated radar for New Town and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Town, 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 New Town includes coordinates 51.056689, -0.317112, 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 New Town is available on the New Town 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.