Dedham, Essex Weather
About Dedham, Essex
Dedham commands a quiet authority over the Stour Valley, where the light seems to linger longer against the pale, timber-framed facades. It lies 3.1 miles west-north-west of Manningtree (from Manningtree: bearing 287°T, OS grid TM 057 331), and is situated south-east of Stratford St Mary village. The Dedham Village Sign marks a threshold of sorts, standing as a sentinel near the high street where the architecture of the cloth trade still holds its posture with a dignified, weathered grace. Beyond the lanes, the Fen River winds through the low-lying meadows, its waters moving with a deliberate, glassy stillness that mirrors the changing sky. Artists have long been drawn to these banks, seeking the precise clarity of the horizon that once captivated the brush of John Constable. A short walk toward the east leads to the site of Flatford Mill, where the heavy pulse of industrial history remains anchored to the slow, rhythmic turning of the waterway. Dedham retains a palpable sense of consequence, its streets bearing the echoes of a time when the wool industry provided the wealth to build its imposing church tower. Every corner of the landscape offers a study in shifting greens and soft, clay-heavy browns that define this corner of the Dedham Vale.
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Live animated radar for Dedham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Dedham, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dedham, 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 Dedham includes coordinates 51.95887, 0.993396, 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 Dedham is available on the Dedham 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.