Riverhill, West Sussex Weather
About Riverhill, West Sussex
Riverhill reveals itself as a modest collection of dwellings caught in the quiet, rolling folds of the Sussex Weald. It lies 1.5 miles east of Petworth (from Petworth: bearing 99°T, OS grid TQ 002 212), and is situated east of Byworth village. Deep within the protected embrace of the South Downs National Park, the land here holds a stillness that seems to gather in the hollows after the sun retreats. To the north, the sharp rise of Oldham Hill commands the horizon, casting long, lean shadows across the fields as the afternoon light wanes. The earth beneath Riverhill carries the weight of ancient geological layers, a fact made plain by the proximity of the Bognor Common Quarry Sssi, where the ground reveals its stony, skeletal history. Here, the air often tastes of damp loam and the distant, salt-tinged breeze of the coast. Residents move through the landscape with a deliberate, measured pace, reflecting the steady rhythm of a life governed more by the turning of the seasons than the clamour of modern trade. Every gate and hedgerow in Riverhill asserts a quiet, enduring presence, marking a boundary between the wilder heights and the cultivated valley floor.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Riverhill, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Riverhill, 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 Riverhill includes coordinates 50.982036, -0.573825, 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 Riverhill is available on the Riverhill 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.