Crockenhill, Kent Weather
About Crockenhill, Kent
Crockenhill retains a quiet, persistent character that resists the encroaching pace of the nearby urban sprawl. It lies 1.1 miles south-south-west of Swanley (from Swanley: bearing 208°T, OS grid TQ 504 671). The land here slopes with a subtle, deliberate grace, allowing the afternoon light to catch the flintwork of older walls and the slate of low-slung rooftops. Residents often gather on The Green, a modest stretch of grass that serves as the focal point for the daily rhythms of the inhabitants. Beyond the immediate cluster of houses, the terrain rises toward the distant, soft ridge of Broom Hill, which anchors the eastern horizon. The soil in this part of Kent has long supported a patchwork of orchards and fields, leaving the air with a faint, sharp scent of damp earth and seasonal growth. A short distance to the south-east, the expansive grounds of Lullingstone Castle offer a profound sense of scale, providing a contrast to the intimate, enclosed feeling of the lanes within Crockenhill. The architecture here tells a story of utility and incremental growth, where brick and timber have been carefully maintained against the weathering of the seasons.
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Live animated radar for Crockenhill and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Crockenhill, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crockenhill, 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 Crockenhill includes coordinates 51.383851, 0.161057, 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 Crockenhill is available on the Crockenhill 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.