Broad Street anchors the quiet landscape of the Ashford district, where the earth rises in slow, deliberate folds toward the horizon. It lies 4.6 miles north-west of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 321°T, OS grid TR 111 403), and is situated south-south-east of Brabourne village. The light here filters through the canopy in thin, pale ribbons, illuminating the ancient stone of nearby Horton Priory, which rests in a meditative stillness less than a mile away. Broad Street maintains a modest, unassuming presence amidst these chalky slopes, where the wind carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and distant, open pastures. To the west, the rising silhouette of Stone Hill breaks the skyline, offering a silent watch over the fields that have been tilled for generations. The topography of the land dictates the pace of life, keeping Broad Street tethered to the rhythmic demands of the seasons and the shifting moods of the Kentish sky. Each lane and hedgerow suggests a long, private history, unburdened by the clamour of larger thoroughfares. Here, the architecture of the hedges and the sudden, vivid greens of the fields reveal a landscape that is both resolute and deeply settled in its own identity.
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Live animated radar for Broad Street and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broad Street, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Broad Street includes coordinates 51.123217, 1.015263, 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 Broad Street is available on the Broad Street 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.