Southwick, West Sussex Weather
About Southwick, West Sussex
Salt-laden winds drift across the flat, open reaches of the coastline where Southwick anchors its modest, industrious spirit against the tide. It lies 1.5 miles east of Shoreham-by-Sea (from Shoreham-by-Sea: bearing 87°T, OS grid TQ 241 053). The land here carries the quiet weight of a maritime past, once defined by the busy wharves of the canal and the persistent labour of those who worked the harbour’s edge. Ancient layers of occupation remain buried beneath the modern surface, including the silent, stone foundations of the Romano-British Villa at Manor Hall Road that hint at a much older settlement. Today, the economy leans into its coastal geography, balancing the steady pulse of commerce with the rhythmic, grey-blue expanse of the English Channel.
The Green offers a small, verdant refuge from the salt-spray, providing a space where the light softens against the surrounding brickwork and local life unfolds. Nearby, the remains of the Old Manor House in Portslade-by-Sea stand as a skeletal witness to the centuries, their weathered surfaces holding the memory of a quieter era. Southwick maintains a steady, unadorned character, marked by the simple, enduring lines of its parish church and the communal sense of belonging felt by those who walk the paths toward the water. On clear days, the horizon stretches wide and indifferent, an invitation for the eye to wander far beyond the familiar rooftops and the steady, low-slung machinery of the port.
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Live animated radar for Southwick and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Southwick, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Southwick, 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 Southwick includes coordinates 50.834441, -0.237849, 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 Southwick is available on the Southwick 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.