Drellingore, Kent Weather
About Drellingore, Kent
Drellingore emerges from the chalky creases of the Kent Downs as a quiet fold in the landscape, defined more by the movement of weather than the bustle of modern life. It lies 3.2 miles north-north-east of Folkestone (from Folkestone: bearing 17°T, OS grid TR 241 411), and is situated south-west of Alkham village. The land here rises in pale, flint-strewn shoulders, where the light seems to catch the high ridges of Bramble Hill before spilling down into the hollows. Drellingore remains tethered to the ancient rhythms of the soil, surrounded by the vast, quiet expanse of the Alkham, Lydden and Swingfield Woods SSSI. The air carries a sharp, saline clarity, a reminder that the English Channel presses against the nearby coast. Beneath the surface, the chalk aquifer dictates the life of the land, occasionally filling the winterbournes that trace the valley floor after heavy rains. To the east, the rounded crest of Swinge Hill provides a silent vantage point, overlooking the sparse, enduring architecture of the countryside. This place persists as a thin, persistent thread of human habitation, weathered by the wind and grounded in the stark, bright geology of the South East.
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About This Drellingore, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Drellingore, 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 Drellingore includes coordinates 51.125494, 1.201517, 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 Drellingore is available on the Drellingore 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.