St Margaret's at Cliffe commands a rugged prominence where the chalky spine of England meets the grey, restless currents of the English Channel. It lies 3.3 miles east-north-east of Dover (from Dover: bearing 57°T, OS grid TR 358 448), and is situated south-east of Martin Mill village. Great limestone ramparts, forming the Dover To Kingsdown Cliffs SSSI, rise sharply from the salt-spray to define the eastern edge of the parish. These precipices catch the early morning light, turning the stark white face of the land into a beacon for mariners navigating the narrow throat of the sea. Inland, the terrain softens into quiet lanes that wind toward the shelter of The Pines Garden, where rare flora thrives in the mild, maritime air. Residents often walk the high paths above the water, hearing the deep, rhythmic percussion of waves striking the base of the cliffs far below. St Margaret's at Cliffe maintains a character shaped by its exposure to the maritime winds, which scrub the air clean and keep the vegetation low and resilient. History lingers here in the salt-weathered stone of ancient walls, marking a place that has long served as a silent sentinel over the passage of ships.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St Margaret's at Cliffe, 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 St Margaret's at Cliffe includes coordinates 51.154223, 1.371398, 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 St Margaret's at Cliffe is available on the St Margaret's at Cliffe 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.