Aldington, Kent Weather
About Aldington, Kent
Aldington claims a singular vantage point atop the greensand ridge, where the land falls away in a long, quiet surrender toward the Romney Marsh. It lies 5.1 miles south-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 144°T, OS grid TR 059 361), and is situated south of Clap Hill village. Below the ridge, the landscape opens into a wide, luminous expanse where the sky feels heavier and more present than the earth itself. The silhouette of the Aldington Knoll Roman Barrow And Later Beacon rises against this horizon, a silent earthwork that has watched the slow rotation of the seasons for centuries. To the west, the ancient stones of Bilsington Priory hold the memory of a monastic stillness that still seems to inhabit the surrounding fields. The church of St Martin and St John the Baptist anchors the high ground, its tower a grey needle stitching the clouds to the ridge. In the late afternoon, the low light burnishes the local stone, turning the muted colours of the countryside into a pale, flickering gold. Such light reveals the true character of Aldington, a place where the weight of history is carried lightly by the persistent, rhythmic pulse of the rural seasons.
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Live animated radar for Aldington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Aldington, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Aldington, Kent, 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 Aldington includes coordinates 51.088102, 0.939726, in the county of Kent, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Aldington is available on the Aldington map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Kent 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.