Hoo St Werburgh, Kent Weather
About Hoo St Werburgh, Kent
Hoo St Werburgh commands a ridge overlooking the tidal reaches of the Medway, where the light off the water often turns the horizon into a pale, shifting slate. It lies 2.9 miles north-north-east of Chatham (from Chatham: bearing 34°T, OS grid TQ 783 721), and is situated east of Chattenden village. The parish church, dedicated to a Mercian princess, anchors the high ground with its rugged stone tower, acting as a silent sentinel over the surrounding marshes. To the south, the expansive mudflats of Ford Marsh draw the eye toward the river’s edge, where the rhythmic retreat of the tide exposes a glistening, rhythmic architecture of silt. Hoo St Werburgh retains the gravity of an old agricultural outpost, though its edges now fray into the quiet, modern expansion of the Hoo Peninsula. Below these slopes, the ruined masonry of Cockham Wood Fort rests in a state of quiet decay, half-hidden by the encroaching coastal scrub. The air here carries a distinct saline crispness, a reminder that the North Sea’s influence is never far from the local character. This landscape of reclaimed earth and riverine vistas defines the singular, austere beauty of Hoo St Werburgh.
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About This Hoo St Werburgh, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hoo St Werburgh, 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 Hoo St Werburgh includes coordinates 51.420149, 0.563284, 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 St Werburgh is available on the Hoo St Werburgh 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.