Broadstone reveals itself as a quiet assembly of dwellings amidst the verdant, rolling folds of the Kentish Weald. It lies 8.2 miles south-east of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 127°T, OS grid TQ 867 480), and is situated south-south-west of Grafty Green village. The landscape surrounding Broadstone carries a deep, heavy fertility, where the soil holds the dampness of the morning mist long after the sun has climbed high. To the north, the rounded rise of Green Hill commands the horizon, casting a long, protective shadow over the fields that stretch toward the hamlet. History lingers here in the quiet decay of earthen works, most notably at the medieval moated site near Coldbridge Farm, where ancient waters still reflect the turning of the seasons. Broadstone maintains a steady, agricultural heartbeat, defined by the seasonal rhythms of the hedgerows and the shifting colours of the orchards. Sunlight here possesses a particular, honeyed clarity that illuminates the weathered brickwork of the local farmsteads. Through the shifting seasons, Broadstone remains a place where the earth and the sky meet in an unadorned, honest embrace.
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Live animated radar for Broadstone and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Broadstone, 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 Broadstone includes coordinates 51.201217, 0.671706, 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 Broadstone is available on the Broadstone 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.