Ashen, Essex Weather
About Ashen, Essex
Ashen emerges from the quiet Essex landscape as a collection of timber-framed dwellings that seem to hold the morning light in their ancient, weathered beams. It lies 2.4 miles south-west of Clare (from Clare: bearing 217°T, OS grid TL 747 422), and is situated south-south-east of Stoke-by-Clare village. The land here slopes gently toward the Stour Vale, where the air carries a crisp, lingering dampness that clings to the meadows long after the sun has risen. To the north, the still waters of The Waver reflect the changing sky, offering a mirror to the clouds that drift over the fields. History leaves its mark in the earth, most notably where the Ashen House Moat and Fishpond remains as a silent, water-filled testament to medieval life, hidden just 500 metres from the parish church. The geography of Ashen is defined by these pockets of water and the persistent, slow growth of hedgerows that have marked the parish boundaries for generations. A profound stillness settles over the lanes, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic call of birds navigating the open space between the trees. Every turn in the road reveals a landscape that values the quiet occupation of the soil over the clamour of the modern world.
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Live animated radar for Ashen and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ashen, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashen, 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 Ashen includes coordinates 52.050685, 0.546877, 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 Ashen is available on the Ashen 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.