Horsley Cross, Essex Weather
About Horsley Cross, Essex
Horsley Cross emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Tendring landscape as a quiet junction where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant salt air. It lies 3.0 miles south-south-east of Manningtree (from Manningtree: bearing 162°T, OS grid TM 124 273), and is situated north-north-east of Little Bentley village. Sunlight here strikes the fields with a stark, unyielding clarity, illuminating the long, straight lines of the roads that cut through the agricultural horizon. To the south-west, the ancient, hidden traces of the Henge and round barrow cemeteries remain pressed into the soil, silent witnesses to a deep, forgotten past. Horsley Cross functions as a steady pivot point for the local rhythm of movement, linking the quiet lanes of the countryside to the busier arteries of the region. A short distance away, the Little Bentley Village Sign stands as a singular, artistic marker, capturing the local pride that anchors these disparate stretches of road. The landscape around Horsley Cross feels vast and exposed, offering an unobstructed view of the sky that shifts from bruised purple to pale gold as the day fades into night. Such clarity of space gives the horizon a weight of its own, grounding the traveler in a geography defined by its openness and the endurance of its agrarian character.
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Live animated radar for Horsley Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Horsley Cross, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Horsley Cross, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Horsley Cross includes coordinates 51.90383, 1.086235, 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 Horsley Cross is available on the Horsley Cross 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.