Orlestone, Kent Weather
About Orlestone, Kent
Orlestone marks a quiet anchor upon the Kentish clay, where the horizon broadens towards the Weald. It lies 5.1 miles south-south-west of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 192°T, OS grid TQ 995 346), and is situated north-north-west of Hamstreet village. Ancient pathways radiate from the core of Orlestone, leading the traveller toward the shadowed, tangled canopy of Orlestone Forest just over half a mile to the west. The air here holds a distinct dampness, heavy with the scent of leaf mould and the slow, deliberate movement of the Speringbrook Sewer as it carves a path through the low-lying fields. Sunlight strikes the landscape with a pale, thin clarity, illuminating the moss-covered brickwork that survives from an older, agrarian age. Beyond the immediate boundaries, the expansive Ham Street Woods Sssi sprawls across the terrain, preserving a complex ecosystem of oak and hornbeam that has weathered centuries of change. These woodlands serve as a living archive, their deep roots gripping the earth with a tenacity that defies the encroaching pace of modern transit. The geography remains defined by this intersection of managed timberland and the persistent, winding presence of water, grounding Orlestone in a landscape that feels both enduring and watchful.
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Live animated radar for Orlestone and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Orlestone, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Orlestone, 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 Orlestone includes coordinates 51.076516, 0.847554, 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 Orlestone is available on the Orlestone 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.