Teston, Kent Weather
About Teston, Kent
Teston draws its quiet character from the slow, deliberate movement of the river that defines its southern boundary. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-east of West Malling (from West Malling: bearing 153°T, OS grid TQ 703 536), and is situated east of Wateringbury village. Stone arches define the landscape at Teston Bridge, where the Medway flows with a heavy, glass-like clarity beneath the ancient, weathered masonry. Beyond the riverbanks, the terrain rises into the sheltered canopy of Oaken Wood Sssi, a woodland space where the light filters through high branches to touch the forest floor in pale, shifting coins. The Green provides a flat, verdant pause in the topography, offering an open expanse that invites the cool breeze blowing up from the valley. Local architecture here relies on the honest weight of brick and tile, grounding Teston firmly in the agricultural heritage of the Kentish landscape. A stillness defines the air, broken only by the occasional sound of water eddying against the piers of the historic bridge. These features collectively ensure that Teston maintains a distinct, unhurried presence in the surrounding countryside.
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Live animated radar for Teston and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Teston, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Teston, 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 Teston includes coordinates 51.256631, 0.439383, 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 Teston is available on the Teston 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.