Stedham unfolds across the verdant, rolling terrain of West Sussex, where the River Rother carves a slow, deliberate path through the low-lying meadows. It lies 1.5 miles west-north-west of Midhurst (from Midhurst: bearing 288°T, OS grid SU 861 221), and is situated north-north-west of Bepton Common village. The horizon here is defined by the expansive, protected reaches of the South Downs National Park, which lends an air of enduring stillness to the surrounding chalk hills and woodland. To the north-west, the ancient stone arches of Iping Bridge span the water, their weathered masonry holding the memory of centuries of passage. Beyond the village lanes, the vast expanse of Iping Common SSSI stretches out, a wild heathland where the light catches the silvered grasses and the wind carries the scent of damp earth and pine. Stedham itself retains a quiet composure, its houses of local stone and flint appearing as if they had simply risen from the soil to catch the morning sun. The rhythm of the seasons dictates the life of the valley, where the deep green of the canopy shifts with the turn of the year. Such a landscape possesses a heavy, contemplative beauty, mirroring the profound silence that settles over the water at dusk.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stedham, 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 Stedham includes coordinates 50.992406, -0.773481, 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 Stedham is available on the Stedham 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.