Swift's Green, Kent Weather
About Swift's Green, Kent
Swift's Green occupies a quiet corner of the Kentish landscape, where the land holds the memory of ancient field boundaries and the slow, deliberate turn of the seasons. It lies 7.0 miles north of Tenterden (from Tenterden: bearing 357°T, OS grid TQ 871 444), and is situated north-north-west of Smarden village. The light here often takes on a pale, translucent quality, catching the edges of the hedgerows that define the narrow lanes. To the north-west, the stone arches of Sherway Bridge stand as a silent witness to a history that long predates the modern hum of traffic. Beyond the immediate fields, the elevation of Hegg Hill provides a subtle vantage point, observing the gentle, persistent shifts in the weather that sweep across the Weald. Swift's Green remains defined by these modest elevations and the quiet, persistent pulse of agricultural life. The air carries a stillness that seems to thicken as one nears the remnants of older, weathered brickwork found scattered throughout the lanes. It is a place where the horizon feels close enough to touch, inviting a deep, unhurried observation of the turning earth.
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About This Swift's Green, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swift's Green, 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 Swift's Green includes coordinates 51.168664, 0.675417, 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 Swift's Green is available on the Swift's Green 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.