Grafty Green, Kent Weather
About Grafty Green, Kent
Grafty Green remains a quiet sanctuary of open space and low-slung timbered cottages, defined by the expansive, emerald common at its heart. It lies 8.2 miles east-south-east of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 123°T, OS grid TQ 872 489), and is situated south-south-west of Platt's Heath village. The landscape here pulls the eye toward the horizon, where the modest rise of Green Hill breaks the skyline to the northwest with a distinct, firm silhouette. Sunlight catches the ancient, uneven brickwork of the local houses, casting long shadows that seem to stretch across the centuries. A short distance away, the Medieval Moated Site at Coldbridge Farm guards the memory of deeper, forgotten agricultural rhythms in the soil. Beyond these quiet fields, the land holds a persistent stillness, unbothered by the haste of the modern world. Grafty Green maintains a singular character, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke across the open grass.
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About This Grafty Green, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Grafty Green, 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 Grafty Green includes coordinates 51.20861, 0.679565, 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 Grafty Green is available on the Grafty Green 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.