West Tilbury, Essex Weather
About West Tilbury, Essex
High ground defines the character of West Tilbury, where the land rises with a quiet, deliberate authority above the flat expanse of the Thames estuary. It lies 1.5 miles north-east of Tilbury (from Tilbury: bearing 48°T, OS grid TQ 660 779), and is situated east-south-east of Chadwell St Mary village. Travelers approaching the parish often notice the sudden shift in light as the horizon opens, casting long, sharp shadows across the ancient earthworks near the church. These grassy ridges hold a silent, heavy memory of past occupation, grounding West Tilbury in a landscape that feels older than the surrounding industrial hum. To the south, Hall Hill provides a natural vantage point, its slopes catching the salt-laden breeze that travels inland from the river. The air here carries a distinct clarity, sharp and unadorned, which seems to sharpen the edges of the flint and stone used in the parish architecture. It is a place where the persistent gravity of history informs the stillness of the afternoon, leaving the observer to contemplate the vast, shifting skies of Essex.
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Live animated radar for West Tilbury and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This West Tilbury, Essex Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for West Tilbury, 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 West Tilbury includes coordinates 51.476382, 0.390246, 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 West Tilbury is available on the West Tilbury 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.