Bilsington, Kent Weather
About Bilsington, Kent
Bilsington commands a vantage point over the flat, reclaimed expanse of the Romney Marsh, where the horizon stretches thin and pale against the Kentish sky. It lies 5.5 miles south-south-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 162°T, OS grid TR 040 344), and is situated south-west of Bonnington village. The land here holds the quiet weight of centuries, marked by the crumbling, evocative stone of Bilsington Priory which stands as a silent sentinel over the northern fields. Below the ridge, the Royal Military Canal carves a deliberate, defensive line through the earth, its dark waters reflecting the erratic flight of dragonflies in the humid afternoon. Bilsington maintains a pastoral character where the persistent call of rooks drifts over the heavy, clay-rich soil of the surrounding woods. To the west, the canopy of Countryfields Wood thickens, offering a deep, shadowed sanctuary that contrasts sharply with the exposed, sun-bleached grasses of the marshland. This proximity to both the sheltered timber and the open, wind-swept plain gives Bilsington a dual temperament, shifting between the intimacy of the trees and the vast, unblinking gaze of the open country.
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Live animated radar for Bilsington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Bilsington, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bilsington, 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 Bilsington includes coordinates 51.073429, 0.910755, 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 Bilsington is available on the Bilsington 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.