Danbury, Essex Weather
About Danbury, Essex
Danbury commands the high ground of the Essex ridge, rising above the surrounding lowlands like a watchful sentinel over the county. It lies 4.3 miles west-south-west of Maldon (from Maldon: bearing 256°T, OS grid TL 783 051), and is situated south of Little Baddow village. The earth here holds the deep memory of antiquity, evidenced by the earthworks of the Danbury Camp Hill Fort which remain visible to the keen eye upon the western crest. Beneath the canopy of ancient trees, Danbury Common SSSI stretches out in a tapestry of heath and woodland, where the morning light catches the silvered bark of birch trees against the dark heather. Residents and visitors alike find a quiet sanctuary at Church Green, where the air seems to settle into a stillness that ignores the bustle of the modern world. The history of the soil is further marked by the Medieval Tile Kiln, a silent witness to the craftspeople who once fired the clay of this plateau into enduring forms. Danbury remains defined by these elevated vistas, where the landscape opens wide to reveal the distant, hazy horizon of the Thames Estuary.
Flight conditions near Danbury. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Danbury and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Danbury, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Danbury, 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 Danbury includes coordinates 51.716374, 0.580962, 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 Danbury is available on the Danbury 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.