Ashdon, Essex Weather
About Ashdon, Essex
Ancient lanes carve through the rolling chalk plateau of north-west Essex to reveal the quiet character of Ashdon. It lies 3.7 miles north-east of Saffron Walden (from Saffron Walden: bearing 54°T, OS grid TL 586 421), and is situated north-east of Church End village. The light here seems to linger longer on the flint-faced walls of All Saints Church, where the earth still holds the hidden outlines of a medieval settlement. Beyond the churchyard, the landscape opens into wide, arable fields that catch the pale, shifting hues of the East Anglian sky. Bragg’s Mill stands as a solitary sentinel over these pastures, its form a stark reminder of a time when the wind dictated the daily pulse of local industry. Nearby, the dense, shaded canopy of Hales and Shadwell Woods SSSI offers a cool contrast to the sun-drenched slopes, preserving a rare, ancient quietude. Ashdon remains a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the view, and the horizon is defined by the persistent, unyielding growth of the surrounding woods.
Flight conditions near Ashdon. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Ashdon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ashdon, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashdon, Essex, 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. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ashdon includes coordinates 52.054922, 0.31317, in the county of Essex, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Ashdon is available on the Ashdon map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Essex 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.