Sixmile, Kent Weather
About Sixmile, Kent
Sixmile emerges from the Kentish landscape as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the persistent, chalky character of the North Downs. It lies 6.1 miles north-north-west of Hythe (from Hythe: bearing 347°T, OS grid TR 134 442), and is situated north-west of Rhodes Minnis village. The light here possesses a singular, thin clarity that catches the edges of the ancient barrows in nearby West Wood, where the earth still holds the slight, artificial swell of prehistoric burial mounds. To the east, the dense canopy of Park Wood acts as a dark anchor, drawing the moisture of the morning into its deep, tangled shade. Sixmile remains largely shaped by the slow, seasonal pulse of the surrounding agricultural fields rather than the push of modern industry. The lanes that wind toward the higher ground offer a vantage point over a countryside that seems to hold its breath under the vast, shifting skies of the South East. Each hedgerow and field boundary serves as a quiet witness to the generations who have worked this flint-strewn soil. One senses that Sixmile exists in a deliberate suspension, defined more by the reach of the horizon than by the proximity of the coast.
Flight conditions near Sixmile. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Sixmile and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Sixmile, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sixmile, 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 hamlet. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Sixmile includes coordinates 51.158054, 1.051306, 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 Sixmile is available on the Sixmile 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.