Preston, Kent Weather
About Preston, Kent
Preston reveals itself through a low-slung horizon where the chalky soils of Kent have long supported a quiet, agricultural composure. It lies 4.4 miles east of Fordwich (from Fordwich: bearing 84°T, OS grid TR 250 608), and is situated west-north-west of Elmstone village. The Little Stour meanders to the west, acting as a silver pulse that draws the eye toward the damp, biodiverse expanse of the Preston Marshes Sssi. Sunlight here catches the flint-knapped walls of ancient farmsteads, reflecting a pale, brittle luminescence that changes with the shifting clouds. East of Parsonage Farm, the earth holds the ghost of a ring ditch and enclosure, a faint circular bruise on the land where iron-age lives once circled their hearths. Preston maintains a steady, rhythmic connection to the land, where the seasonal turn of the plough dictates the pace of the lanes. Beyond the immediate fields, the landscape rises toward the gentle, rolling contours of Grove Hill, providing a vantage point over the patchwork of hop gardens and orchards. This corner of the Dover district remains defined by its silence, broken only by the sharp, sudden call of birds rising from the nearby marshland.
Flight conditions near Preston. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Preston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Preston, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Preston, 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 Preston includes coordinates 51.302168, 1.227206, 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 Preston is available on the Preston 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.