Jack's Hatch reveals itself as a quiet corner of the Epping Forest district where the Essex landscape softens into low-lying fields and hedgerows. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Harlow (from Harlow: bearing 205°T, OS grid TL 433 066), and is situated east-south-east of Broadley Common village. The light here often catches the damp, heavy earth, giving the lanes a silver-grey lustre during the long, humid afternoons. To the east, the vast canopy of the Harlow Woods SSSI breathes a deep, ancient stillness into the air, tempering the encroaching hum of modern transit. The terrain remains largely agricultural, preserving a sense of isolation that feels increasingly rare in the shadow of the capital. Travellers moving through the lanes might encounter the unexpected geometry of the Still Life with a TV Set, a stark, modern sentinel that guards the transition between the wilder scrubland and the cultivated plots. Jack's Hatch endures as a modest collection of dwellings that seem to watch the seasons shift with a slow, deliberate patience.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Jack's Hatch, 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 Jack's Hatch includes coordinates 51.740318, 0.074677, 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 Jack's Hatch is available on the Jack's Hatch 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.