Salcott-cum-Virley, Essex Weather
About Salcott-cum-Virley, Essex
Salcott-cum-Virley commands a low-lying reach of the Essex marshes where the land dissolves into the salt-crusted silence of the Blackwater estuary. It lies 3.8 miles west-north-west of West Mersea (from West Mersea: bearing 282°T, OS grid TL 948 136), and is situated west-south-west of Great Wigborough village. Salt-scented air drifts inland from the coast, lingering over the reed-fringed banks of Virley Brook where the water moves with a sluggish, tidal patience. The horizon remains wide and unforgiving, dominated by a sky that mirrors the pale, shifting greys of the mudflats below. Near the heart of Salcott-cum-Virley, the solitary, ivy-tangled remains of St Mary the Virgin’s Church stand as a skeletal sentinel against the encroaching tide. These crumbling walls bear witness to a long history of subsidence and the relentless pressure of the North Sea upon the coastline. Further north, the earth rises slightly to support the ancient, grass-grown profile of the Mill Mound barrow, a quiet tumulus that has watched over these fields since the Bronze Age. The light here possesses a singular, bruised clarity, illuminating the flat geometry of the fields and the deep, persistent stillness of the surrounding water.
Flight conditions near Salcott-cum-Virley. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Salcott-cum-Virley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Salcott-cum-Virley, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Salcott-cum-Virley, 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 Salcott-cum-Virley includes coordinates 51.787774, 0.823295, 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 Salcott-cum-Virley is available on the Salcott-cum-Virley 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.