Cranbrook, Kent Weather
About Cranbrook, Kent
Cranbrook reveals itself through a landscape of weatherboarded houses and tall chimneys that rise above the rolling Wealden hills. It lies 6.8 miles west-north-west of Tenterden (from Tenterden: bearing 287°T, OS grid TQ 775 360), and is situated south-south-west of Wilsley Green village. The Union Mill dominates the local horizon, its white sails capturing the pale, shifting light that frequently sweeps across the Kentish clay. Beyond the bustling centre, the quiet grounds of the Cranbrook Museum preserve the remnants of a once-thriving cloth-making industry that defined the local economy for centuries. Visitors may find a curious astronomical sculpture, the Saturn public artwork, standing as a modern contrast to the ancient, timber-framed architecture of the high street. Nearby, the open expanse of Town Meadow offers a verdant space where the rhythms of the seasons are felt in the swaying of long grasses. The presence of these historic landmarks provides a sense of continuity that anchors Cranbrook in the present. Even as the modern world encroaches, the quiet gravity of the local stonework and the persistent breeze from the surrounding orchards ensure that Cranbrook retains a singular, enduring character.
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Live animated radar for Cranbrook and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Cranbrook, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cranbrook, 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 Cranbrook includes coordinates 51.096392, 0.534792, 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 Cranbrook is available on the Cranbrook 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.