West Chiltington, West Sussex Weather
About West Chiltington, West Sussex
West Chiltington reveals itself through a landscape of quiet shifts, where the Sussex clay meets the sandy soils of the Weald. It lies 6.9 miles north-west of Steyning (from Steyning: bearing 312°T, OS grid TQ 090 184), and is situated north-north-east of West Chiltington Common village. Ancient footpaths trace the edges of West Chiltington, leading toward the rising silhouette of Woods Hill, where the horizon broadens into a wide, pale sky. Beneath the canopy of surrounding woodlands, the light filters with a silvery precision that seems to hold the day in a state of perpetual stillness. Nearby, the Hurston Warren Sssi preserves a rare expanse of heathland, its heather and gorse providing a brittle, vibrant contrast to the deeper greens of the sheltered lanes. The architecture of the older dwellings reflects a reliance on local materials, with stone and timber gathered from the immediate earth to withstand the damp, seasonal turns. Residents maintain a legacy of careful stewardship, ensuring that the character of the lanes remains defined by hedgerows rather than modern encroachment. In the cooler hours, the air carries a sharp, clean scent of damp pine and turned soil, marking the rhythm of a place that prefers to keep its own measured time.
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Live animated radar for West Chiltington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Chiltington, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Chiltington, 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 Chiltington includes coordinates 50.955525, -0.448928, 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 Chiltington is available on the West Chiltington 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.