Hawkinge, Kent Weather
About Hawkinge, Kent
Hawkinge commands a high, windswept ridge of the North Downs, where the air tastes sharply of the nearby Channel. It lies 2.5 miles north-north-west of Folkestone (from Folkestone: bearing 344°T, OS grid TR 215 399), and is situated south-south-east of Densole village. The expansive sky over Hawkinge constantly shifts, casting long, restless shadows across the modern streets that have grown over the foundations of a once-frenetic wartime airfield. Remnants of this aerial past linger in the quietude, particularly near the Kent Battle of Britain Museum, where the ghosts of Hurricanes and Spitfires seem to haunt the cold, grey concrete of the old hangars. Just a short walk away, the Village Green provides a modest, open stage for local life, its manicured grass offering a stark contrast to the wilder, ancient earth of the nearby burial mounds. To the west, the land falls away toward the rugged, chalky spine of the Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment, a SSSI that holds the stubborn, wind-bent flora of the high downs. The horizon here is dominated by the weight of the sky and the constant, invisible pull of the sea, grounding Hawkinge in a landscape that feels both exposed and enduring. Even as new houses occupy the ridge, the underlying chalk remains, a pale, stubborn bone beneath the shifting surface of the Kentish plateau.
Flight conditions near Hawkinge. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hawkinge and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Hawkinge, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hawkinge, 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 Hawkinge includes coordinates 51.116435, 1.163933, 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 Hawkinge is available on the Hawkinge 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.