Great Totham, Essex Weather
About Great Totham, Essex
Great Totham occupies a quiet rise in the Essex landscape, defined by the slow, deliberate transition of fields into hedgerows. It lies 2.8 miles south-east of Witham (from Witham: bearing 130°T, OS grid TL 857 117), and is situated south-south-east of Beacon Hill village. The northern horizon is dominated by the prominence of Beacon Hill, where the land lifts to catch the prevailing winds and offers a vantage point over the surrounding agricultural patchwork. Great Totham retains a modest, persistent gravity, anchored by the presence of the historic Garden of Great Ruffins, which preserves a deliberate, ordered beauty amidst the unrefined sprawl of local thickets. The light here often feels thin and pale, casting long shadows across the lanes that connect the scattered dwellings to the wider district. Residents move through the day with a functional patience, mirroring the steady pace of the seasons that dictate the rhythm of the surrounding farms. Water gathers in the seasonal dampness of the earth, occasionally pooling in the minor depressions that punctuate the clay-heavy soil. This is a place where the architecture serves the function of shelter rather than spectacle, allowing the natural character of the terrain to remain the primary feature of the view.
Flight conditions near Great Totham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Great Totham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Totham, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Totham, 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 Totham includes coordinates 51.773247, 0.690408, 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 Totham is available on the Great Totham 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.