Blean, Kent Weather
About Blean, Kent
Blean carries a quiet authority in its landscape, where the air holds the cooling breath of ancient, shadowed timber. It lies 2.4 miles north-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 320°T, OS grid TR 122 607), and is situated north of Rough Common village. Low sunlight often catches the flintwork of St Cosmus and St Damian’s Church, standing as a sentinel over the nearby medieval settlement remains. Beyond these stone ghosts, the expansive canopy of Blean Woods stretches across the horizon, a vast, living reservoir of biodiversity that defines the local skyline. The land here slopes with a subtle, rhythmic grace toward the meandering course of Swalecliffe Brook, which cuts a silver ribbon through the verdant floor. Visitors may observe how the light shifts across the high branches, turning the heavy boughs into columns of emerald and bronze. This geography creates a sanctuary where the frantic pace of the modern world dissolves into the steady, insistent pulse of the natural environment. Blean preserves a singular character, shaped by the interplay between the deep, tangled thickets of its woodland and the enduring presence of its historic foundations.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Blean, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Blean, 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 Blean includes coordinates 51.30663, 1.043249, 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 Blean is available on the Blean 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.