Alkham, Kent Weather
About Alkham, Kent
Alkham reveals itself as a quiet assembly of flint and brick, cradled within the dry, chalky folds of the East Kent Downs. It lies 3.7 miles west of Dover (from Dover: bearing 278°T, OS grid TR 256 423), and is situated south-south-west of Ewell Minnis village. The landscape surrounding Alkham is defined by a deep, persistent stillness, where the light catches the pale, porous stone of the parish church. To the north-northeast, the expansive Alkham, Lydden And Swingfield Woods SSSI stretches across the high ground, a vast reservoir of ancient botanical diversity. Below these slopes, the earth rises into the rounded, grassy prominence of Gorse Hill, which serves as a solitary sentinel over the valley floor. The air here holds a crisp, maritime clarity, drawn inland from the nearby coast yet filtered through miles of undisturbed pasture. Residents often look towards the ruins of St Radegund's Abbey, Poulton, where the skeletal arches cast long, contemplative shadows across the meadow. Alkham remains a place where the heavy industry of the neighbouring port feels a world away, replaced by the slow, deliberate movement of the seasons.
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About This Alkham, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Alkham, 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 Alkham includes coordinates 51.135806, 1.223963, 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 Alkham is available on the Alkham 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.