Park Wood, Kent Weather
About Park Wood, Kent
Park Wood emerges as a suburban expanse defined by its proximity to the verdant, rolling edges of the Kentish Weald. It lies 2.6 miles south-south-east of Maidstone (from Maidstone: bearing 147°T, OS grid TQ 783 521), and is situated east-north-east of Boughton Monchelsea village. Sunlight here catches the pale, fine dust of the local limestone, a geological signature that links the soil beneath the houses to the ancient, hollowed-out depths of the nearby Boughton Quarry Camp. To the south, the surface of Penfold Pond holds the grey, shifting moods of the sky, offering a quiet, glassy mirror to the passing clouds. The residential lines of Park Wood follow the contours of the rising land, where the air often carries a sharp, metallic clarity during the winter months. Paths leading away from the houses transition quickly from paved kerbs into the wild, tangled brambles that speak of the deeper, darker woods once dominant here. The horizon remains wide, allowing the eye to trace the long, slow descent of the landscape toward the distant, hidden channels of the Loose Stream. Every chimney pot and gable end in Park Wood stands as a small, firm assertion against the vast, open pressure of the Kentish weather.
Flight conditions near Park Wood. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Park Wood and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Park Wood, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Park Wood, 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 suburban area. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Park Wood includes coordinates 51.240763, 0.553726, 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 Park Wood is available on the Park Wood 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.