Baconend Green emerges from the Essex clay as a quiet confluence of winding lanes and ancient field boundaries. It lies 2.2 miles south-west of Great Dunmow (from Great Dunmow: bearing 230°T, OS grid TL 601 194), and is situated north-north-east of Great Canfield village. Low-lying hedgerows define the perimeter of the open pastures, where the light catches the silvered undersides of leaves during the late afternoon. A mile to the south-south-west, the earthworks of the Canfield Castle and associated moated enclosure hold a heavy, silent gravity beneath the grass. Baconend Green remains defined by this proximity to historical remnants, caught between the slow, deliberate movement of the River Roding to the west and the encroaching growth of the landscape. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and cooling stubble, a sensory anchor in a landscape that resists rapid change. Through these fields, the shadows stretch long and thin as the sun drops behind the horizon, tracing the patterns of a topography shaped by centuries of agricultural labour. Each season brings a different clarity to the horizon, sharpening the outlines of the distant trees and the distant, humbler dwellings that share this quiet corner of the district.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Baconend Green, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Baconend Green includes coordinates 51.850402, 0.323793, 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 Baconend Green is available on the Baconend Green 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.