Lydd, Kent Weather
About Lydd, Kent
Salt-crusted winds sweep across the flat, expansive terrain that defines the horizon around Lydd. It lies 2.8 miles south-south-west of New Romney (from New Romney: bearing 211°T, OS grid TR 042 208), and is situated west-south-west of Greatstone-on-Sea village. Ancient shingle ridges hold the memory of retreating tides, grounding the local economy in a legacy of agriculture and the persistent demands of a coastal frontier. The haunting, skeletal remains of the Abandoned Medieval Church at Midley stand as silent sentinels over the surrounding marshland, where the light shifts with an eerie, silver intensity.
All Saints Church remains a monumental presence in Lydd, its towering spire acting as a compass for those traversing the low-lying plains. The quietude of the landscape is frequently punctuated by the calls of birds drifting over the nearby Dungeness Nature Reserve, a place where the wild, untamed spirit of the coast asserts itself. History lingers in the local archives of the Lydd Town Museum, preserving the echoes of men and women who laboured against the encroaching sea. The town maintains a stoic character, shaped by the harsh, beautiful exposure to the elements and a deep-seated resilience that defies the passage of years.
Flight conditions near Lydd. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Lydd and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Lydd, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lydd, 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 town. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Lydd includes coordinates 50.950841, 0.906418, 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 Lydd is available on the Lydd 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.