Chart Hill emerges from the Kentish landscape as a quiet collection of dwellings defined by the steady, unyielding patience of the Wealden clay. It lies 4.4 miles south-south-east of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 151°T, OS grid TQ 795 495), and is situated south of Chart Sutton village. The light here possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, filtering through the canopy of nearby Abbey Wood to settle softly upon the low-lying lanes. Agricultural rhythms dictate the pace of life, where the seasonal turning of the earth remains the primary clock for those who work the soil. To the east, the ruinous silhouette of the Tower Keep Castle at Sutton Valence serves as a jagged reminder of earlier centuries, watching over the fields with a weathered, stony indifference. A short distance to the north, the waters of Langley Loch gather the sky’s reflection, offering a pale, silver contrast to the deep greens of the surrounding orchards. Chart Hill maintains a modest dignity, far removed from the clamour of modern thoroughfares, favouring the hushed dialogue between the wind and the hedgerows. Each road carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, grounding the hamlet in a physical reality that feels both permanent and profoundly solitary.
Flight conditions near Chart Hill. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Chart Hill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chart Hill, 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 Chart Hill includes coordinates 51.216484, 0.569953, 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 Chart Hill is available on the Chart Hill 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.