Hartlip, Kent Weather
About Hartlip, Kent
Hartlip preserves a quiet composure amidst the rolling chalk escarpments of the North Downs. It lies 3.1 miles east-south-east of Gillingham (from Gillingham: bearing 120°T, OS grid TQ 839 641), and is situated west-north-west of Lower Hartlip village. Ancient tracks wind through the surrounding orchards, where the low autumn sun turns the heavy fruit into globes of copper and gold. To the north, the slopes of Culvers Hill catch the prevailing winds, offering a vantage point over a landscape that has remained largely indifferent to the frantic pace of the modern world. The chalky soil sustains a rich tapestry of flora at the nearby Queendown Warren SSSI, where rare orchids thrive in the silence of the limestone grassland. Hartlip retains several timber-framed houses that lean slightly, as if tired by centuries of watching the seasons pass in slow succession. These structures of oak and flint provide a tactile anchor to a past defined by agriculture and the steady cultivation of the Kentish earth. A singular stillness settles over the lanes when the evening mist drifts in from the Medway, blurring the edges of the fields and softening the sharp lines of the hedgerows.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hartlip, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hartlip, 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 Hartlip includes coordinates 51.346732, 0.63988, 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 Hartlip is available on the Hartlip 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.