Shoreham, Kent Weather
About Shoreham, Kent
Shoreham commands a tranquil stretch of the Darent Valley, where the chalk hills rise to meet a sky often bruised with the pale, shifting light of the North Downs. It lies 4.4 miles north of Sevenoaks (from Sevenoaks: bearing 353°T, OS grid TQ 519 616), and is situated east of Badgers Mount village. The river, specifically the Manor Drain, meanders through the low-lying meadows with a deliberate, cold clarity that defines the local topography. High above the valley floor, the Shoreham Memorial Cross is carved into the hillside, a stark white geometric assertion against the green slope that recalls the quiet gravity of the twentieth century. The landscape here is defined by these steep gradients, where the earth gives way to the flinty, unforgiving soil of the chalk escarpment. Local life remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, as the damp morning mist clings to the trees before the sun burns it away to reveal the village’s flint-walled cottages. Residents and visitors alike often walk the paths toward the woods, finding a certain austere peace in the way the land folds upon itself. Shoreham maintains a stillness that feels untouched by the frantic pace of the nearby capital, preserving a singular, quiet character in its architecture and its fields.
Flight conditions near Shoreham. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Shoreham and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shoreham, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shoreham, 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 Shoreham includes coordinates 51.333375, 0.179857, 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 Shoreham is available on the Shoreham 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.