Colt's Hill, Kent Weather
About Colt's Hill, Kent
Colt's Hill commands a quiet corner of the Kentish Weald where the air often holds the damp, metallic scent of the heavy clay soil. It lies 1.5 miles west-south-west of Paddock Wood (from Paddock Wood: bearing 243°T, OS grid TQ 649 440), and is situated south of Five Oak Green village. Low-lying hedgerows define the perimeter of the fields here, tracing lines that have barely shifted since the days when horse-drawn ploughs turned the earth. To the west, the gentle, serpentine path of the Alder Stream cuts through the landscape, feeding the ditches that keep the surrounding pastures lush and stubborn. The light at Colt's Hill possesses a distinctive clarity, catching the grey timber of older barns before filtering across the flat, open expanses of the valley. A short distance away, the formal elegance of Matfield House stands as a silent sentinel, its presence lending a sense of permanence to the surrounding orchards and hop gardens. This remains a working landscape, where the seasonal rhythms of harvest still dictate the pace of the lanes. By the time the sun dips behind the western ridges, the shadows stretch long and thin across the gravel, leaving Colt's Hill to the quiet industry of the evening.
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About This Colt's Hill, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Colt's 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 Colt's Hill includes coordinates 51.171499, 0.358606, 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 Colt's Hill is available on the Colt's 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.