Little Bentley, Essex Weather
About Little Bentley, Essex
Little Bentley emerges from the flat, open expanse of the Essex landscape as a collection of quiet lanes and historic agricultural holdings. It lies 3.8 miles south of Manningtree (from Manningtree: bearing 173°T, OS grid TM 116 257), and is situated west of Tendring Green village. The light here possesses a thin, sharp clarity that catches the edges of the Little Bentley Village Sign, a piece of public artwork that marks the threshold of the parish with a distinct, modern permanence. Beyond these immediate boundaries, the horizon is punctuated by the subtle silhouettes of ancient earthworks, including the Henge and Round Barrow cemeteries that lie to the north-west. The surrounding terrain remains largely devoted to the slow, heavy work of farming, where the earth yields to the seasons with a predictable, rhythmic gravity. Further west, the verdant, carefully curated landscapes of the Beth Chatto Gardens offer a stark, botanical contrast to the utilitarian fields that define the immediate perimeter of Little Bentley. This landscape does not demand attention, but rather rewards a steady gaze with the quiet complexity of its ancient, working soil.
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Live animated radar for Little Bentley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Little Bentley, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Little Bentley, 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 Little Bentley includes coordinates 51.890155, 1.074395, 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 Little Bentley is available on the Little Bentley 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.