Gore occupies a quiet corner of the Kentish landscape where the flat, fertile earth meets the wide, unencumbered sky of the Dover district. It lies 2.4 miles south-west of Sandwich (from Sandwich: bearing 219°T, OS grid TR 307 550), and is situated west-north-west of Eastry village. Sunlight here has a peculiar, pale clarity, casting long shadows across the fields that stretch toward the horizon. A short walk to the south-east leads to the still, dark water of Buttsole Pond, where the reeds lean heavy under the weight of the damp morning air. The land around Gore rises gently to meet the crest of Highborough Hill, offering a vantage point over the patchwork of hedgerows and fallow ground. Ancient traces of the past persist in the soil, marking the passage of centuries through the silent geometry of local earthworks. Gore remains defined by this intersection of open horizon and deep, layered history, where the wind carries the salt-tinged scent of the nearby coast.
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Live animated radar for Gore and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Gore, 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 Gore includes coordinates 51.247945, 1.304914, 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 Gore is available on the Gore 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.