Sheerness, Kent Weather
About Sheerness, Kent
Salt-crusted winds carry the scent of the North Sea across the industrial docks and historic naval fortifications that define the horizon of Sheerness. It lies 1.8 miles north-north-east of Queenborough (from Queenborough: bearing 16°T, OS grid TQ 920 748), and is situated north-north-west of Halfway Houses village. Once a vital bastion of maritime defence, the landscape remains anchored by the imposing remnants of the Sheerness Defences, where brick and stone hold the memory of centuries of coastal vigilance. Today, the economy pivots from its naval heritage toward a bustling port and manufacturing sector, while the low-lying marshes offer a stark, flat beauty under the vast, shifting Kentish sky.
Sheerness Beach stretches out as a wide, pebbled expanse where the grey-blue water meets the sky in a soft, hazy blur, inviting quiet walks beneath the watchful gaze of the World War I Memorial. The local spirit finds a home within the Sheppey Little Theatre, a modest venue that keeps the flame of performance alive amid the bracing salt air. Notable figures like the artist William Holman Hunt once walked these shores, finding inspiration in the interplay of light upon the estuary’s mudflats and the rugged, unpolished character of the coast. Life here maintains a rhythmic connection to the tides, where the call of gulls often drowns out the hum of the modern world.
Flight conditions near Sheerness. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Sheerness and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sheerness, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sheerness, 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 town. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sheerness includes coordinates 51.43991, 0.762263, 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 Sheerness is available on the Sheerness 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.