Cock Clarks commands the quiet, elevated ridges of the Essex landscape, where the horizon stretches wide and pale under an expansive sky. It lies 3.3 miles south-west of Maldon (from Maldon: bearing 229°T, OS grid TL 811 033), and is situated south of Woodham Mortimer village. The earth here holds the heavy, silty memory of ancient agriculture, shaping a terrain that slopes gently toward the quiet progress of Woodham Hall Brook. To the east, the rising silhouette of Loddart’s Hill breaks the monotony of the fields, offering a vantage point over a countryside that remains stubbornly indifferent to the clamour of the modern world. Winter light catches the bare branches of the hedgerows, casting long, ink-dark shadows across the lanes that connect Cock Clarks to its neighbours. A short distance to the south-west, the dense, green reach of Thrift Wood marks the boundary of a protected landscape, where the air grows cooler and thick with the scent of damp loam. Cock Clarks retains a singular, unbothered character, defined by the slow movement of the seasons across its open, working fields. Even in the height of summer, the breeze carries a sharpness that hints at the proximity of the coast, keeping the atmosphere brisk and clear.
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Live animated radar for Cock Clarks and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cock Clarks, 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 Cock Clarks includes coordinates 51.699379, 0.619809, 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 Cock Clarks is available on the Cock Clarks 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.