Great Berry marks a deliberate expansion of the modern suburban landscape, unfolding across the topography of Essex with purposeful, quiet order. It lies 1.9 miles west of Basildon (from Basildon: bearing 267°T, OS grid TQ 669 883). Beneath an expansive, pale sky, the residential streets of Great Berry follow a measured geometry that reflects the late twentieth-century ambition for planned domesticity. A short walk to the south-southwest reveals the Great Berry Open Space, where the grass holds the cool, damp breath of the morning long after the sun has climbed. The terrain here transitions toward the higher ground of Langdon Hill, which rises in the distance as a subtle, verdant anchor for the horizon. Traffic hums with a distant, rhythmic persistence, serving as a reminder of the proximity to the arterial routes that sustain the local economy. On brighter afternoons, the light catches the brickwork of the houses, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the clean lines of the kerbs and drives. This environment offers a calm, structured existence where the boundary between the built environment and the encroaching wild feels both permanent and carefully negotiated.
Flight conditions near Great Berry. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Great Berry and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Berry, 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 suburban area. 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 Berry includes coordinates 51.569313, 0.40763, 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 Berry is available on the Great Berry 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.