Challock, Kent Weather
About Challock, Kent
Challock commands a high, airy ridge where the air feels scrubbed clean by the prevailing winds of the Kent Downs. It lies 4.9 miles north of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 360°T, OS grid TR 005 505), and is situated west-south-west of Molash village. The landscape surrounding Challock drops away into deep, verdant folds, revealing a horizon that seems to tilt toward the sea. To the west, the dense, ancient canopy of Longbeech Wood holds a quiet, heavy stillness, casting long shadows that stretch like fingers across the chalky soil. Further east, the sprawling expanse of King's Wood offers a complex architecture of oak and beech, where the light fractures into sharp, golden shards through the dense overhead leaves. These woodlands define the local horizon, providing a dark, rhythmic contrast to the open fields that define the high plateau. The light here has a particular clarity, catching the flint-knapped masonry of local walls and turning them into shimmering, silver-grey mosaics. Challock remains a place of elevation and exposure, where the sky claims more than its share of the view.
Flight conditions near Challock. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Challock and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Challock, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Challock, 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 Challock includes coordinates 51.219268, 0.870624, 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 Challock is available on the Challock 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.