Becontree, London Weather
About Becontree, London
Becontree emerges as a sprawling, planned expanse of interwar housing, defined by the steady, rhythmic repetition of its brick-built semi-detached homes. It lies 5.5 miles south-south-east of Chigwell (from Chigwell: bearing 153°T, OS grid TQ 480 854), and is situated north-west of Wennington village. The landscape here is defined by an orderly geometry, where wide avenues pull the light across low-slung rooftops during the long, quiet afternoons of the suburban calendar. Residents often find a reprieve from this rigid domestic grid in the expansive green openness of Parsloes Park, where the grass holds a damp, silver sheen under the morning sky. Nearby, the historical weight of Valence House anchors the surroundings, standing as a quiet sentinel of timber and brick that predates the twentieth-century expansion. The atmosphere carries a particular stillness, a lingering sense of the agricultural fields that once occupied the clay-heavy soil before the arrival of the railway and the London County Council. Further along the periphery, the gentle, winding course of Gores Brook provides a natural edge to the district, marking the transition toward the marshes beyond. Becontree maintains a singular character, caught between the echoes of its rapid industrial-era development and the persistent, unpretentious endurance of its residential streets.
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About This Becontree, London Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Becontree, London, 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. Air quality data includes PM2.5, PM10, ozone and the UK Daily Air Quality Index (DAQI 1-10) as used by DEFRA and the Met Office. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Becontree includes coordinates 51.54862, 0.134023, in the county of London, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Becontree is available on the Becontree map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the London 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.