Hadleigh, Essex Weather
About Hadleigh, Essex
Hadleigh commands a ridge of high ground that catches the salt-edged breeze drifting inland from the Thames Estuary. It lies 2.2 miles north-north-east of Canvey Island (from Canvey Island: bearing 15°T, OS grid TQ 807 871), and is situated south-south-west of Daws Heath village. Sunlight often lingers upon the ruins of Hadleigh Castle, an enclosure castle whose fragmented stone walls lean into the wind as if listening to the distant, rhythmic pulses of the tide. Below these ancient ramparts, the landscape drops away into a sprawling expanse of marshland where the air grows heavy with the scent of damp earth and drying reeds. A modern sculpture of a Mountain Biker stands as a stark, metallic sentinel near the woodland fringe, marking the intersection of rugged cycling trails and the quiet persistence of the surrounding hills. Visitors wandering toward the south find their path punctuated by the intricate geometry of a Maze, offering a strange, deliberate contrast to the wild, unkempt growth of the nearby slopes. The history of Hadleigh remains etched into the very soil, where the remnants of a Roman Fort continue to hold their silent, subterranean vigil beneath the grass. Throughout the seasons, the light here possesses a singular, silvery clarity that clarifies the horizon and defines the boundary between the firm land and the shifting waters.
Flight conditions near Hadleigh. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hadleigh and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hadleigh, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hadleigh, 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 Hadleigh includes coordinates 51.553994, 0.605976, 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 Hadleigh is available on the Hadleigh 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.