Hoo persists as a quiet enclave of fields and sky, holding the stillness of the Kentish landscape in its modest embrace. It lies 4.7 miles north-north-west of Sandwich (from Sandwich: bearing 335°T, OS grid TR 295 648), and is situated east-south-east of Monkton village. The light here has a peculiar, silvered quality that catches the blades of grass, turning the earth toward the horizon into a shimmer of pale green. To the north, the earth hides the secrets of the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery And Associated Remains At Monkton, where the past rests beneath a quiet shroud of soil. Beyond these ghosts, the damp, rich scent of the Monkton Marshes drifts on the breeze, marking the low-lying ground where the water lingers in deep, dark channels. Hoo remains defined by this proximity to the marshland, where the air feels heavy with the coming of evening and the slow movement of the tides. The land offers little in the way of grand monuments, preferring the honest, unadorned utility of open pastures and working tracks. Even as the sun descends, the shadows stretch long and thin across the lanes, giving Hoo a sense of permanence that outlasts the fleeting noise of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Hoo. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Hoo and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hoo, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Hoo includes coordinates 51.336732, 1.293853, 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 Hoo is available on the Hoo 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.