Hartley, Kent Weather
About Hartley, Kent
Hartley rests as a quiet collection of dwellings tucked within the textured folds of the Kentish Weald. It lies 7.7 miles west of Tenterden (from Tenterden: bearing 279°T, OS grid TQ 758 346), and is situated south-west of Cranbrook village. Sunlight here catches the damp, heavy clay of the fields, turning the earth into a deep, bruised plum colour after the autumn rains. To the south-east, the sprawling canopy of Robins Wood SSSI holds a stillness that seems to absorb the modern world, preserving a wilder, older silence. The ground nearby remembers the industry of centuries past, particularly where the iron-working legacy lingers at the site of Bedgebury Furnace, marking where heat and labour once shaped the landscape. Hartley remains defined by this intersection of ancient woodland and the stubborn, cooling remains of forgotten forges. Residents often look toward the rise of Sugarloaf Hill, a modest but distinct landmark that commands the horizon and offers a vantage point over the surrounding hop gardens. The air in Hartley carries the faint, sharp scent of woodsmoke and damp leaves, anchoring the senses in a landscape that values the steady passage of the seasons above all else.
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Live animated radar for Hartley and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hartley, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hartley, 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 Hartley includes coordinates 51.084209, 0.509636, 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 Hartley is available on the Hartley 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.