Exted occupies a quiet fold in the chalky terrain of the North Downs, where the land rises in long, deliberate slopes. It lies 6.0 miles north of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 8°T, OS grid TR 169 443), and is situated west-north-west of Elham village. The atmosphere here is shaped by the presence of the Hawthorne Trench WW1 reconstruction, a sobering reminder of conflict that sits in stark contrast to the prevailing silence of the countryside. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Exted, the chalk grassland of Parkgate Down Sssi flourishes, supporting rare flora that thrive in the thin, pale earth. Ancient history haunts the nearby ridges, where the Three Bowl Barrows in Elhampark Wood mark the burial sites of ancestors who long ago surveyed these same rolling horizons. The quality of light in Exted is singular, often bleached by the proximity to the coast, casting long, sharp shadows across the quiet lanes as evening approaches. Residents maintain a connection to the cycles of the earth, watching the seasons turn against the backdrop of the Kentish hills. Exted remains a place of understated endurance, defined more by its geological character than by the passing of human industry.
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Live animated radar for Exted and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Exted, 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 Exted includes coordinates 51.157051, 1.101002, 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 Exted is available on the Exted 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.