Fleet-Downs, Kent Weather
About Fleet-Downs, Kent
Fleet-Downs emerges from the suburban fringes of Kent as a quiet collection of residential streets that trace the gentle rise of the land. It lies 1.3 miles south of Dartford (from Dartford: bearing 189°T, OS grid TQ 559 732), and is situated west-south-west of Stone village. The afternoon sun catches the brickwork of Fleet-Downs, casting long, lean shadows across pavements that feel the heavy silence of a commuter’s repose. To the south-east, the soil holds the ghosts of an ancient past at the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, where the earth hides memories of early inhabitants beneath its modern, grassy mantle. A short walk to the west brings one to the verdant expanse of Hesketh Park, where the air is often filled with the sharp, clean scent of mown grass and the distant calls of playing children. The topography here avoids the dramatic, favouring instead a steady, rhythmic incline that offers a vantage point over the surrounding Kentish basin. Even the most ordinary garden fence in Fleet-Downs seems to catch a specific quality of light, softening the utilitarian lines of the suburban architecture. Life here moves with a measured pace, defined by the proximity to the wider world of Dartford and the quiet, domestic sanctuary found within these specific borders.
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Live animated radar for Fleet-Downs and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Fleet-Downs, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fleet-Downs, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Fleet-Downs includes coordinates 51.437195, 0.242064, 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 Fleet-Downs is available on the Fleet-Downs 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.