Shottenden, Kent Weather
About Shottenden, Kent
Shottenden commands a high ridge of the North Downs, where the land falls away into a soft, chalky geometry of fields and hedgerows. It lies 4.7 miles south-south-east of Faversham (from Faversham: bearing 163°T, OS grid TR 041 541), and is situated south of Perrywood village. Daylight here possesses a particular clarity, turning the flint walls of local cottages into pale, cool anchors against the shifting Kentish sky. To the north-northeast, the elevation of The Mount offers a vantage point where the horizon feels wide enough to swallow the sound of the modern world. Beyond the immediate periphery, the dense, ancient canopy of Perry Wood breathes a cool, dark moisture into the air, contrasting with the sun-bleached slopes that define the character of Shottenden. Agriculture remains the quiet pulse of the landscape, with orchards and arable strips tracing the contours of a terrain that has been worked by hand for centuries. These ridges serve as a natural observatory, catching the first grey light of morning and holding the warmth of the sun long after the valleys below have surrendered to shadow. Such geography ensures that Shottenden remains a place of distinct, elevated stillness, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant, salt-tinged air from the coast.
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Live animated radar for Shottenden and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Shottenden, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Shottenden, 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 Shottenden includes coordinates 51.249997, 0.92419, 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 Shottenden is available on the Shottenden 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.