Saddlescombe, West Sussex Weather
About Saddlescombe, West Sussex
Saddlescombe persists as a quiet fold of flint and chalk, guarding the secrets of the rolling Downs. It lies 4.2 miles north-north-east of Southwick (from Southwick: bearing 27°T, OS grid TQ 270 114), and is situated south-east of Poynings village. This tiny cluster of buildings occupies a hollow within the South Downs National Park, where the sky seems to press down with a peculiar, heavy clarity. To the west, the deep, scar-like cleft of Devil’s Dyke carves through the horizon, a reminder of the restless earth beneath the grass. Saddlescombe carries the memory of ancient labour, most notably in the curious structure of the well house with its heavy donkey wheel. The surrounding slopes, including the rise of East Hill, catch the slanting afternoon sun, turning the dry turf into a pale, bruised gold. Time here does not flow so much as it settles, gathering in the lee of the chalk walls like dust in a forgotten room. Every path leading away from the farmsteads feels as though it might vanish into the long, grey silence of the hills.
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About This Saddlescombe, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Saddlescombe, 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 Saddlescombe includes coordinates 50.888564, -0.194419, 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 Saddlescombe is available on the Saddlescombe 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.