Stubb's Cross emerges as a quiet convergence of rural lanes where the Kentish light softens against the hedgerows in the late afternoon. It lies 3.2 miles south-west of Ashford (from Ashford: bearing 217°T, OS grid TQ 980 385), and is situated north-east of Shadoxhurst village. The terrain here holds a subtle, damp character, influenced by the low-lying fields that stretch toward the meandering path of the Whitewater Dyke. Beyond the immediate dwellings, the landscape gradually yields to the dense, ancient silence of Orlestone Forest, which marks the southern horizon with a wall of deep green. Stubb's Cross retains a sense of seclusion, defined by the way the moisture clings to the heavy clay soil after the frequent rains of the season. Travellers passing through often notice how the shadows stretch long and thin across the verges, grounding the houses in a landscape that feels perpetually observant. This corner of the Ashford district maintains a rhythm dictated more by the turning of the seasons than by the encroaching pace of modern transit. The air carries a crisp, sharp clarity, particularly when the wind shifts to blow across the open pastures from the south.
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This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Stubb's Cross, 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 Stubb's Cross includes coordinates 51.1116, 0.827664, 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 Stubb's Cross is available on the Stubb's Cross 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.