Great Oakley, Essex Weather
About Great Oakley, Essex
Great Oakley occupies a quiet rise of land where the flat horizons of the Essex coast meet the steady, salt-breathed pull of the North Sea. It lies 5.1 miles south-west of Harwich (from Harwich: bearing 235°T, OS grid TM 194 276), and is situated east-south-east of Wix Green village. Fields of heavy clay soil stretch out toward the Ramsey River, where the light often catches the silvered grasses in a way that makes the earth seem thin and translucent. The local architecture bears the mark of centuries spent bracing against the North Sea gales, with sturdy brickwork and flint foundations anchoring the homes to the soil. To the east, the mudflats of Bull's Ooze provide a sanctuary for wading birds, their cries carrying across the marshes with a lonely, piercing clarity. A sense of ancient industry remains in the landscape, hinted at by the remnants of a heavy anti-aircraft gunsite that stands as a silent monitor over the changing tides. Great Oakley retains a distinct, unhurried character, defined by the way the sky expands above the open agricultural plains. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the slow, rhythmic reclamation of the shore by the incoming tide.
Flight conditions near Great Oakley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Great Oakley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Oakley, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Oakley, 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 Oakley includes coordinates 51.90378, 1.188594, 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 Oakley is available on the Great Oakley 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.