Peene catches the light of the North Downs in a way that turns the morning grass into a field of pale, shivering silver. It lies 2.5 miles north-east of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 42°T, OS grid TR 186 378), and is situated north-east of Newington village. The earth here holds the weight of ancient chalk, grounding the iron tracks of the nearby Railway Museum where the whistles of preserved engines occasionally pierce the quiet. To the north-east, the slope of Cheriton Hill rises sharply, acting as a green rampart against the coastal winds that sweep across the lower plains. A curious Channel Tunnel Model sits close by, a small, concrete echo of the massive engineering feat that runs deep beneath the surrounding soil. Peene maintains a steady, spare existence, far from the frantic pace of the larger towns beyond the escarpment. The air feels thin and sharp, carrying the faint, bracing scent of the sea that rolls up from the Channel. Such stillness allows the mind to wander over the landscape, observing how the shadows lengthen across the open fields as the day tilts towards evening.
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Live animated radar for Peene and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Peene, 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 Peene includes coordinates 51.09868, 1.121406, 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 Peene is available on the Peene 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.