Four Elms holds a quiet command over the rolling Kentish clay, where the horizon is often traced by the low, insistent branches of ancient hedgerows. It lies 2.0 miles north-east of Edenbridge (from Edenbridge: bearing 48°T, OS grid TQ 466 483), and is situated north-west of Bough Beech village. A damp, silver light frequently settles over the fields here, reflecting the shifting moods of the nearby Bough Beech Reservoir as it draws the surrounding mist into its expansive, still basin. The architecture of Four Elms favours timber frames and red brick, materials that seem to have grown from the earth itself rather than being brought to it by hand. Footpaths wind through the surrounding orchards, leading the curious toward the quiet, overgrown legacy of the Octavia Hill Well, where the silence is broken only by the sudden, sharp alarm of a pheasant. Beneath the heavy canopy of the local trees, the air carries a distinct, sharp scent of damp earth and woodsmoke, grounding the spirit in a landscape that has long resisted the frantic pace of the modern world. Four Elms remains a place where the seasons dictate the rhythm of life, marked by the slow turning of the soil and the persistent, unhurried growth of the Weald.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Four Elms, 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 village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Four Elms includes coordinates 51.215774, 0.099006, 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 Four Elms is available on the Four Elms 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.