Great Waltham, Essex Weather
About Great Waltham, Essex
Great Waltham retains a quiet composure, defined by the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons across the Essex landscape. It lies 4.0 miles north of Chelmsford (from Chelmsford: bearing 350°T, OS grid TL 695 134), and is situated north of Broad's Green village. The light here seems to linger longer on the brickwork of the older houses, casting sharp, clear shadows that stretch across the lanes as the afternoon wanes. To the east, the extensive grounds of Langleys offer a vast expanse of green, where the weight of centuries sits comfortably among the managed oaks and formal hedges. Nearby, the steady, unassuming presence of the Walthambury Brook cuts a vein through the fields, its water reflecting the pale, shifting clouds of the Eastern region. Great Waltham holds its history in the quiet geometry of its fields rather than in grand displays, allowing the local architecture to settle into the earth with an unforced gravity. The air carries the faint, bracing scent of turning soil, reminding those who walk these paths of the agricultural persistence that has long sustained the district. Even as the modern world brushes against the edges of the parish, the horizon remains wide and indifferent, shaped by the same wind that has swept over these slopes for generations.
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Live animated radar for Great Waltham and surroundings — RainViewer.
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About This Great Waltham, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Waltham, 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 Waltham includes coordinates 51.794231, 0.456576, 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 Waltham is available on the Great Waltham 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.