Elvington, Kent Weather
About Elvington, Kent
Elvington occupies a quiet corner of Kent where the chalky earth meets the sky in a long, pale incline. It lies 2.1 miles north-west of Folkestone (from Folkestone: bearing 314°T, OS grid TR 202 384), and is situated east-north-east of Peene village. The landscape rises sharply towards the Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment SSSI, where the wind scours the thin grass and reveals the ancient, flinty backbone of the downs. Elvington remains tethered to this rugged geography, sharing the horizon with the imposing bulk of Cheriton Hill. Light here possesses a distinct, brittle clarity, catching the edges of the chalk and casting long, sharp shadows across the fields as the sun wanes. The air carries a heavy stillness, broken only by the distant hum of transit corridors that bypass the quiet lanes of the hamlet. Time seems to gather in the hollows of the hills, grounding the houses in a stark, unadorned reality. Through the shifting seasons, the expanse of the escarpment defines the character of Elvington, offering a vast and open prospect that dwarfs the modest human scale of the dwellings below.
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Live animated radar for Elvington and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Elvington, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elvington, 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 Elvington includes coordinates 51.102806, 1.145343, 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 Elvington is available on the Elvington 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.