Swanton, Kent Weather
About Swanton, Kent
Swanton occupies a quiet fold of the Kentish landscape where the earth seems to hold the memory of ancient, slow-moving horizons. It lies 3.5 miles south-west of West Malling (from West Malling: bearing 224°T, OS grid TQ 642 535), and is situated north-north-west of West Peckham village. The light here catches the limestone edges of the nearby Swanton Valley, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields as the afternoon wanes. To the west, the slopes of Gover Hill rise with a quiet authority, their crests often catching the first pale gold of a rising sun. The architecture of Swanton reflects a frugal, sturdy past, built from materials pulled directly from the local geology. Dense corridors of trees define the perimeter of the hamlet, where the dark, tangled canopy of Hurst Wood offers a sanctuary for the damp, cool air to settle. Life in Swanton moves with a deliberate, low-frequency pulse, indifferent to the hurried pace of the wider world. Every lane and boundary here serves as a testament to a landscape that has long prioritised the patience of the harvest over the noise of industry.
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Live animated radar for Swanton and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Swanton, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swanton, 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 Swanton includes coordinates 51.257753, 0.35204, 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 Swanton is available on the Swanton 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.