Samuel's Corner marks a quiet junction of land where the flat, expansive skies of the Essex coast meet the salt-bitten edges of the Rochford district. It lies 4.8 miles east of Southend-on-Sea (from Southend-on-Sea: bearing 80°T, OS grid TQ 957 874), and is situated east of Great Wakering village. Sunlight here possesses a thin, silver clarity, reflecting off the nearby Great Wakering Ditch as it carves a sluggish path through the low-lying fields. The horizon feels remarkably wide, stripped of clutter and dominated by the rhythmic, shifting tides that pull toward the distant sea. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Samuel's Corner, the land softens into the saline marshes of Black Grounds, where the air grows heavy with the scent of brine and damp earth. This corner of the county remains a place of subtle transitions, where the industry of the nearby coast gives way to a stillness that feels both ancient and unremarkable. Every gust of wind carries the distant, metallic echo of the sea, grounding Samuel's Corner in the vast, unadorned geography of the Thames Estuary.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Samuel's Corner, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Samuel's Corner includes coordinates 51.55193, 0.821501, 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 Samuel's Corner is available on the Samuel's Corner 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.