Leaveland holds the quiet gravity of a place anchored by ancient flint and the enduring persistence of Kentish clay. It lies 4.5 miles south of Faversham (from Faversham: bearing 189°T, OS grid TR 008 540), and is situated east-south-east of Throwley Forstal village. The land here rises in gentle swells, where the golden light of late afternoon catches the flint walls of the parish church, a structure that has watched the seasons turn for centuries. To the east, the expansive grounds of Lees Court extend their reach, creating a verdant boundary that separates the quiet lanes from the wider world. A short distance away, the open expanse of Badlesmere Lees offers a soft, grassy counterpoint to the more wooded slopes of the surrounding countryside. Leaveland remains a place where the rhythm of the day is dictated by the turning of the soil and the shifting shadows cast by the high, wide skies. The air often carries a crisp, clean clarity, untroubled by the hum of industry or the press of modern transit. Here, the landscape feels less like a map and more like a long, slow conversation between the earth and the horizon.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Leaveland, 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 Leaveland includes coordinates 51.250358, 0.876258, 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 Leaveland is available on the Leaveland 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.