Great Chart, Kent Weather
About Great Chart, Kent
Great Chart anchors itself upon the low, rolling ridges of the Kentish landscape, where the Stour valley broadens toward the horizon. It lies 1.6 miles west of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 261°T, OS grid TQ 983 422), and is situated north-east of Chilmington Green village. St Mary’s Church rises with a quiet, flint-faced dignity above the surrounding orchards, its spire catching the pale, shifting light that often drifts across the fields from the east. To the south-east, the waters of Singleton Lake hold a mirror to the sky, offering a calm stillness that contrasts with the nearby hum of modern passage. The lingering spirit of the past remains tangible at the Medieval Moated Site, The Moat, where earth and water hold the memory of older, fortified foundations. Great Chart maintains a singular character, balancing the weight of its ancient stone with the soft, green persistence of the surrounding meadows. Through the changing seasons, the air here carries the faint, sharp scent of damp earth and the rhythmic rustle of leaves that have long defined this corner of the Weald.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Great Chart, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Chart, 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 Great Chart includes coordinates 51.144922, 0.834076, 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 Great Chart is available on the Great Chart 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.