Copford, Essex Weather
About Copford, Essex
Copford reveals its character through the quiet persistence of its rural landscape, where light catches the flint-streaked walls of its ancient church. It lies 4.4 miles west of Colchester (from Colchester: bearing 262°T, OS grid TL 925 238), and is situated east of Marks Tey village. The horizon here is defined by the industrial echoes of the past, as the circular brick kilns of the W H Collier works stand as silent, red-clay sentinels near Church Lane. Beyond these structures, the land dips toward the water at Wigleys Pond, where the surface remains undisturbed save for the subtle rings left by rising fish. Copford maintains a steady connection to its geological roots, evidenced by the nearby brickpit that serves as a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its fossiliferous layers. Residents move with a measured pace, their lives framed by the low-lying fields and the dense, green boundaries that demarcate the parish from its neighbours. The air in Copford carries a faint, earthy scent of damp clay and cooling autumn evenings, reminding one that the soil here has long shaped the architecture of the district. Time feels less like a river and more like a still pool, reflecting the changing seasons upon the weathered, historic facades that define the local vista.
Flight conditions near Copford. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Copford and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Copford, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Copford, 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 Copford includes coordinates 51.880185, 0.796475, 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 Copford is available on the Copford 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.