Boughton Lees, Kent Weather
About Boughton Lees, Kent
Boughton Lees maintains a quiet posture upon the chalky shoulders of the Kentish landscape, defined by its expansive, triangular green that serves as the heart of the parish. It lies 3.0 miles north-north-east of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 20°T, OS grid TR 023 472), and is situated west of Wye village. The land here rises with a deliberate, muscular tension, drawing the eye toward the horizon where the ancient, skeletal remains of the Church of St. Mary's Eastwell stand in silent defiance of the elements. Boughton Lees occupies a terrain where the light feels heavier, catching the flint-knapped walls of local cottages with a sharp, metallic clarity. A short walk toward the west brings one to the still, dark water of Eastwell Lake, where the surface remains polished and obsidian, indifferent to the passage of seasons. The proximity of these historic ruins imbues the surrounding fields with a sense of lingering gravity, as if the soil retains the weight of centuries. Residents navigate the perimeter of the green with an economy of movement that mirrors the sparse, functional beauty of the Kent Downs. Boughton Lees remains a place where the wind carries the dry scent of disturbed earth and the faint, persistent promise of the coast.
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About This Boughton Lees, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Boughton Lees, 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 Boughton Lees includes coordinates 51.188884, 0.894397, 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 Boughton Lees is available on the Boughton Lees 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.