Yapton, West Sussex Weather
About Yapton, West Sussex
Yapton reveals a landscape where the flat, fertile earth of the West Sussex coastal plain stretches wide beneath an expansive, shifting sky. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of Littlehampton (from Littlehampton: bearing 283°T, OS grid SU 980 031), and is situated west-north-west of Horsemere Green village. Ancient fields surround the older core of Yapton, where the flint walls of St Mary’s Church hold the cool, enduring silence of centuries. To the west, the quiet waters of Barnham Rife carve a narrow, meandering path through the low-lying pastures, reflecting the pale light that often lingers over the horizon. The proximity of the coast imparts a subtle salt-tinged freshness to the air, felt most keenly when the breeze carries over from the nearby shoreline. Visitors often find a contemplative stillness at the Arun Crematorium and Memorial Gardens, where the manicured greenery offers a stark, peaceful contrast to the working farmland. The rhythm of life here remains tethered to the seasons, moving with the slow turning of the soil and the steady passage of the sun across the open fields. Throughout the seasons, the light catches the textures of the local architecture, revealing the rugged beauty in the aged stone and brickwork that define the character of Yapton.
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Live animated radar for Yapton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Yapton, West Sussex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Yapton, 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 Yapton includes coordinates 50.819411, -0.60986, 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 Yapton is available on the Yapton 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.