Kirby Cross, Essex Weather
About Kirby Cross, Essex
Kirby Cross occupies a modest rise of land where the flat, expansive character of the Essex coastline begins to yield to the inland fields. It lies 1.3 miles west-north-west of Frinton-on-Sea (from Frinton-on-Sea: bearing 301°T, OS grid TM 218 208), and is situated south-west of Kirby-le-Soken village. The light here possesses a particular pale clarity, often catching the weathered surfaces of the Kirby Cross Village Sign as it marks the transition from the bustling coastal road to the quieter lanes. To the north, the landscape drains toward the Marsh House Ditch, where the horizon stretches wide and the salt-bitten air hints at the proximity of the North Sea. The ground holds a quiet, agricultural patience, shaped by generations who worked the heavy clay soils before the modern commuter rhythms took hold. Further south, the vast expanse of the Holland Haven Marshes Sssi acts as a vital, shifting buffer between the solid earth and the tide, reflecting the changing moods of the sky in its pools. Kirby Cross retains a pragmatic, unassuming dignity, defined more by the passage of its residents and the seasonal turning of the nearby crops than by any singular monument. It remains a place of steady endurance, where the distant chime of church bells from neighbouring parishes carries easily across the open, unobstructed fields.
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Live animated radar for Kirby Cross and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Kirby Cross, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kirby 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 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 Kirby Cross includes coordinates 51.842049, 1.219715, 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 Kirby Cross is available on the Kirby 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.