Great Notley, Essex Weather
About Great Notley, Essex
Great Notley stretches across the Essex landscape as a modern expanse defined by its deliberate planning and wide, residential avenues. It lies 1.4 miles south-west of Braintree (from Braintree: bearing 232°T, OS grid TL 740 215), and is situated south-east of Rayne village. The light here often catches the open spaces of Great Notley Country Park, where the horizon feels uncommonly generous for such a modest corner of the country. Families frequently gather near the Panners Field, where the grass retains a crisp, manicured stillness that seems to hold the day’s warmth long after the sun has begun to dip. A singular, metallic grace is found in the nearby Bird of Freedom, a sculpture that catches the wind and serves as a silent landmark against the shifting clouds. The rhythm of the days is punctuated by the quiet pulse of suburban life, where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the movement of the air through the trees. Residents take a quiet pride in the order of their surroundings, finding comfort in the predictable geometry of the streets. This balance between the man-made environment and the encroaching fields offers a distinct perspective on how a place can grow into its own identity.
Flight conditions near Great Notley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Great Notley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Notley, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Notley, 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 Notley includes coordinates 51.865383, 0.526603, 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 Notley is available on the Great Notley 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.