Great Bentley, Essex Weather
About Great Bentley, Essex
Great Bentley opens its wide, level heart to the expansive Essex sky, a landscape defined by the generous breadth of its central common. It lies 3.4 miles north-north-east of Brightlingsea (from Brightlingsea: bearing 28°T, OS grid TM 109 217), and is situated north-north-west of Aingers Green village. This expanse of grass remains the true anchor of the place, where the horizon stretches flat and uncomplicated, inviting a stillness that is rare in the modern rush. Near the southern edge, the Great Bentley Village Sign stands as a modest sentinel, marking the threshold where the lanes converge. To the east, the open reaches of Bentley Green provide a verdant stage for the seasonal turning of the year, where the light hits the low-lying fields with a sharp, clear intensity. The local architecture gathers around these spaces, composed of brick and tile that have weathered the salt-laden winds blowing in from the nearby coast. Such geography encourages a slow, deliberate pace of life, where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the movement of clouds over the open pasture. Great Bentley persists as a quiet testament to the enduring character of the Tendring plains, maintaining a steady, grounded existence against the encroaching tide of change.
Flight conditions near Great Bentley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Great Bentley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Bentley, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Bentley, 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 Great Bentley includes coordinates 51.854858, 1.062154, 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 Great Bentley is available on the Great Bentley 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.