Ashingdon, Essex Weather
About Ashingdon, Essex
Ashingdon occupies a ridge of high ground that catches the salt-tang of the North Sea as it drifts across the Essex marshes. It lies 1.9 miles north-north-west of Rochford (from Rochford: bearing 339°T, OS grid TQ 864 932), and is situated north-east of Hawkwell village. The landscape around Ashingdon unfolds in a series of quiet, agricultural swells where the light often feels brittle and thin against the horizon. To the west, the gentle slopes of Plumberow Mount rise as a silent, artificial sentinel, a landmark that has watched the seasons change over the low-lying fields for centuries. Residents often wander toward the open expanse of Glencroft Open Space, where the grass holds a particular, silvery sheen under the late afternoon sun. The earth here is heavy and clay-rich, demanding a certain persistence from those who work the soil or navigate the narrow, winding lanes. Ashingdon maintains a character defined by this proximity to the coast, where the sky seems to possess a greater, more expansive depth than the inland plains. The air carries the faint, rhythmic pulse of the tides, grounding the houses and gardens in a geography that feels both ancient and perpetually restless.
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Live animated radar for Ashingdon and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Ashingdon, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ashingdon, 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 Ashingdon includes coordinates 51.607474, 0.691411, 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 Ashingdon is available on the Ashingdon 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.