Allington, Kent Weather
About Allington, Kent
Allington breathes with the steady, damp exhalations of the River Medway, which carves a deliberate path through the Kentish landscape. It lies 1.4 miles north-west of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 313°T, OS grid TQ 742 571), and is situated south-south-east of Forstal village. The light here catches the limestone fragments of the Allington Quarry Sssi, where the earth reveals its ancient, calcified secrets beneath a thin veil of grass. A short distance away, the stone towers of Allington Castle rise above the riverbank like a memory of medieval fortification, keeping a silent, watchful vigil over the water. The surrounding terrain retains a quiet dignity, favouring the slow drift of the river over the frantic pace of the nearby industrial reaches. Residents often wander toward the open green spaces, where the sky feels vast and unburdened by the weight of modern architecture. Even in the quietude of the afternoon, the river currents possess a restless, silver energy that defines the character of Allington.
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Live animated radar for Allington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Allington, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Allington, 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 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 Allington includes coordinates 51.286626, 0.496879, 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 Allington is available on the Allington 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.