Fairbourne Heath, Kent Weather
About Fairbourne Heath, Kent
Fairbourne Heath occupies a quiet corner of the Kentish landscape where the high ground catches the first light of the morning. It lies 7.0 miles east-south-east of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 120°T, OS grid TQ 858 503), and is situated north-east of Ulcombe village. The horizon here is dominated by the rising bulk of Green Hill, which casts a long, sharpening shadow across the fields as the sun begins its slow descent. Ancient tracks wind through the clay and ragstone, connecting the scattered dwellings that comprise Fairbourne Heath to the deeper, shadowed corridors of King's Wood. The air carries a sharp, clean clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the hedgerows and the silhouette of the timber-framed cottages. Farmers have long worked these heavy soils, turning the earth under a sky that feels broader and more exposed than in the sheltered valleys below. A persistent dampness rises from the low-lying hollows nearby, ensuring the vegetation remains lush and verdant throughout the turn of the seasons. This landscape demands a steady, deliberate pace from those who traverse its paths, rewarding the observant with the sudden, bright movement of a kestrel hovering above the scrub.
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About This Fairbourne Heath, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairbourne Heath, 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 Fairbourne Heath includes coordinates 51.221718, 0.66049, 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 Fairbourne Heath is available on the Fairbourne Heath 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.