Sholden, Kent Weather
About Sholden, Kent
Sholden reveals itself through the low, flat expanse of the East Kent marshes where the horizon seems to stretch indefinitely toward the coast. It lies 1.0 miles west of Deal (from Deal: bearing 274°T, OS grid TR 358 526), and is situated north-east of Great Mongeham village. Pale light filters across the level fields, catching the sudden, silvered glint of the Broad Dike as it pulls quietly through the silted earth. The architecture of Sholden maintains a grounded modesty, with flint-faced walls and steep tile roofs that appear to absorb the salt-heavy air blowing in from the nearby North Sea. To the north, the reclaimed landscape of Betteshanger Park offers a contrasting elevation, where former coal spoil heaps have been softened by decades of scrub and woodland to reclaim a wilder character. Ancient tracks connect these pockets of greenery, carrying the memory of agricultural rhythms that have long defined the local pace. Sholden holds a quiet gravity, defined more by the shifting tides of the nearby coast than by the clamour of the neighbouring ports. Each lane here feels calibrated to the movement of the seasons, where the wind carries the damp, earthy scent of the drainage ditches across the open plains.
Flight conditions near Sholden. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Sholden and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sholden, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sholden, 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 Sholden includes coordinates 51.223863, 1.375801, 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 Sholden is available on the Sholden 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.