West Burton reveals itself as a quiet assembly of flint and timber, where the shadows of ancient trees lengthen across the lanes as the afternoon sun wanes. It lies 4.5 miles north-north-west of Arundel (from Arundel: bearing 345°T, OS grid SU 998 140), and is situated north-west of Bury village. The landscape here is cradled by the rolling expanse of the South Downs National Park, where the chalky ridges hold the memory of centuries beneath an expansive, pale sky. A short walk to the south-west leads one toward the Bowl Barrow On Westburton Hill, a silent, earthen reminder of those who first broke the soil of this high country. The air in West Burton carries a particular stillness, sharpened by the proximity of the ancient ruins at Bignor Roman Villa, which peer out from the nearby slopes with a stoic, weathered grace. Stone walls, built by hands long turned to dust, define the boundaries of small paddocks where the grass grows thick and unbothered. West Burton remains a place where the seasons dictate the pace of life, rather than the relentless ticking of a clock. Each evening, the light catches the flint masonry of the old houses, turning them a soft, ghostly silver that persists until the stars claim the horizon.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Burton, 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 West Burton includes coordinates 50.916993, -0.580679, 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 West Burton is available on the West Burton 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.