Matfield, Kent Weather
About Matfield, Kent
Matfield preserves a quiet dignity, defined by its expansive common and the lingering spirit of the hop-growing trade that once shaped the local economy. It lies 2.2 miles south-south-west of Paddock Wood (from Paddock Wood: bearing 203°T, OS grid TQ 657 419), and is situated north-west of Petteridge village. Matfield House anchors the eastern edge of the landscape with its striking Georgian symmetry, a brick-built testament to the wealth generated by the surrounding orchards. Beyond these walls, Matfield Green stretches out as an open, grassy lung, where the light hits the turf with a pale, unhurried clarity. To the south-west, the land dips into the damp, shadowed hollows of Knells Bottom, where the air grows heavier and the vegetation thickens with the turning seasons. The geography here is marked by these subtle transitions, shifting from the formal order of the village centre to the wilder, unkempt edges of the Kentish Weald. Sigfried Sassoon, whose poetry often mirrored the stark beauty of this countryside, once walked these lanes and found resonance in the stillness of the fields. The earth here holds a memory of labour, shifting beneath the boots of those who navigate the narrow, winding paths that connect Matfield to the wider world.
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EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Matfield, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Matfield, 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 Matfield includes coordinates 51.15241, 0.369073, 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 Matfield is available on the Matfield 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.