The Haven occupies a quiet corner of the Weald, where the heavy clay soil holds the memory of ancient woodlands and shifting streams. It lies 5.7 miles west of Horsham (from Horsham: bearing 272°T, OS grid TQ 081 306), and is situated south of Bucks Green village. Tall oaks stand as silent sentinels over the lanes, their sprawling canopies casting long, restless shadows that soften the edges of the horizon. Nearby, the water at the Drungewick Manor Moated Site remains a dark, reflective mirror of a more fortified age, undisturbed by the modern pulse. The Haven retains a certain aloofness, defined by a landscape that seems to breathe with the slow, rhythmic expansion of the earth itself. As one travels toward the east, the terrain dips into the secluded basin of Black Barn Gill, where the air grows damp and cool beneath the thicket. Life in The Haven is governed by the turning of the seasons, rather than the frantic clocks of the wider world. This is a place of muted greens and browns, where the horizon feels close enough to touch, grounding the spirit in the quiet persistence of the countryside.
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Live animated radar for The Haven and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for The Haven, 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 The Haven includes coordinates 51.065212, -0.458423, 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 The Haven is available on the The Haven 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.