West Marden, West Sussex Weather
About West Marden, West Sussex
West Marden emerges from the chalky folds of the South Downs National Park as a quiet collection of flint-walled cottages and timber-framed barns. It lies 4.6 miles east of Horndean (from Horndean: bearing 83°T, OS grid SU 771 135), and is situated south-south-west of Compton village. Morning light here possesses a pale, translucent quality, catching the edges of the flint stones until they glow like embers against the deepening green of the surrounding pastures. To the north, the slopes of Compton Down rise with a deliberate, slow-moving grace, shielding the valley from the sharper winds of the coast. West Marden maintains a profound stillness, punctuated only by the seasonal rhythms of the agricultural calendar that have defined these fields for centuries. Footpaths meander toward the dense, tangled canopy of Watergate Hanger, where the heavy scent of damp earth and decaying leaves hangs thick in the air. The landscape remains haunted by the silent, grass-covered mounds of ancient barrows, marking a horizon where the modern world seems to lose its urgency. Every lane in West Marden leads the eye back to the expansive, open sky that defines this corner of West Sussex.
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Live animated radar for West Marden and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Marden, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Marden, 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 Marden includes coordinates 50.916528, -0.904049, 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 Marden is available on the West Marden 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.