Southwater, West Sussex Weather
About Southwater, West Sussex
Southwater retains a distinct character shaped by its transformation from a centre of brickmaking and industrial clay extraction into a modern residential heartland. It lies 2.8 miles south-south-west of Horsham (from Horsham: bearing 202°T, OS grid TQ 156 262), and is situated east-south-east of Barns Green village. The legacy of these flooded clay pits is now observed in the tranquil waters of Southwater Country Park, where the light catches the surface in shifting hues of slate and amber. A prehistoric curiosity greets visitors near the centre in the form of the Southwater Iguanodon, a stone reminder of the fossilised remains discovered in the local Wealden strata. Beyond the residential lanes, the rise of Bonfire Hill offers a vantage point over a landscape that has traded its industrial smoke for the quiet persistence of managed woodland and meadow. The air here holds a particular clarity, drawn across the low-lying fields that once fed the kilns of a busy brickworks. Southwater maintains a functional, unassuming presence, its modern rhythm defined by the interplay between the remaining open spaces and the steady expansion of its streets. Residents walk paths that follow the old rail lines, tracing the ghost of a route that once carried heavy loads of clay toward the wider world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southwater, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southwater, 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 Southwater includes coordinates 51.024335, -0.352036, 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 Southwater is available on the Southwater 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.