Basted, Kent Weather
About Basted, Kent
Basted unfolds across a low-lying pocket of Kentish landscape where the memory of paper milling still clings to the cool, damp air of the valley. It lies 4.7 miles west-south-west of West Malling (from West Malling: bearing 257°T, OS grid TQ 607 558), and is situated west-north-west of Crouch village. The persistent stream that once powered local industry now feeds the verdant, moisture-heavy stillness of the Bourne Alder Carr Sssi just to the south. Beyond the immediate cluster of homes, the land rises with a quiet, insistent gravity toward the wooded ridge of Stangate Hill. The light here has a peculiar, translucent quality, catching the edges of the ancient trees and illuminating the damp earth in shades of soft, muted ochre. History resides in the nearby stone of Old Soar Manor, a remnant of a more stratified age that remains visible from the elevated paths surrounding Basted. These surroundings offer a deliberate, slow pace, where the rhythm of the seasons is marked by the shifting foliage rather than the ticking of a clock. The terrain demands a lingering gaze, rewarding those who traverse its paths with a sense of enduring, untamed composure.
Flight conditions near Basted. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Basted and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Basted, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Basted, 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 Basted includes coordinates 51.279019, 0.302953, 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 Basted is available on the Basted 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.