Chilham, Kent Weather
About Chilham, Kent
Timber-framed houses with overhangs that cast long, sharp shadows across the square define the architectural character of Chilham. It lies 5.6 miles west-south-west of Canterbury (from Canterbury: bearing 244°T, OS grid TR 068 536), and is situated south-south-west of Old Wives Lees village. High above the Stour valley, the flint walls of the Norman Keep endure as silent witnesses to the passage of centuries, their weathered surfaces catching the low, pale light of the Kentish afternoon. Below these fortifications, the landscape opens toward the ancient, chalk-layered soil where Julliberrie’s Grave Long Barrow remains a stark, grassy hummock in the fields. Chilham maintains a quiet air of permanence, where the crisp scent of damp earth often drifts from the surrounding orchards. The local geography is marked by a sudden, firm rise in the land, providing a vantage point that once commanded the movement of travellers through the valley floor. Even as the modern world turns elsewhere, the stone masonry of the local architecture retains a cool, dense weight, anchoring the site firmly to its medieval foundations.
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About This Chilham, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chilham, 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 Chilham includes coordinates 51.244129, 0.962208, 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 Chilham is available on the Chilham 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.